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Procochleosaurus

Procochleosaurus is an extinct genus of cochleosaurid temnospondyl. Known from the Jarrow coal mines of Ireland, this genus is the oldest known member of the family Cochleosauridae. It was quite similar to Cochleosaurus, an early temnospondyl from the Czech Republic.

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Procochleosaurus
Temporal range: Upper Carboniferous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Edopoidea
Family: Cochleosauridae
Genus: Procochleosaurus
Sequeira, 1996
Type species
Procochleosaurus jarrowensis
Sequeira, 1996

Procochleosaurus is an extinct genus of cochleosaurid temnospondyl. Known from the Jarrow coal mines of Ireland, this genus is the oldest known member of the family Cochleosauridae. It was quite similar to Cochleosaurus, an early temnospondyl from the Czech Republic.1

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  1. Sequeira, S.E.K. (1996). "A cochleosaurid amphibian from the Upper Carboniferous of Ireland". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 52: 64–80.