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Aspidosaurus

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Aspidosaurus is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl within the family Dissorophidae.

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Parent taxon
Dissorophidae
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taxon name
Aspidosaurus
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Aspidosaurus
temporal range start
Artinskian
temporal range end
Kungurian
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  • Taxonomy
  • Phylogeny
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Aspidosaurus is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl within the family Dissorophidae.

==Description== Like other dissorophids, Aspidosaurus species had a single row of plates formed by expansions of the neural spines.

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