Chomatobatrachus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of temnospondyls}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = [[Early Triassic]], {{Fossil range|252.3|251.3}} | taxon = Chomatobatrachus halei | authority = Cosgriff, 1974<ref name="Cosgriff1974" /> }}

'''''Chomatobatrachus''''' is a [[genus]] of prehistoric [[temnospondyl]] from the [[Triassic]].

==Taxonomy== A [[temnospondyl]] species placed in a monotypic genus '''''Chomatobatrachus''''' and allied to the [[Lydekkerinidae]] family. The description was published in 1974 by the palaeontologist [[John W. Cosgriff]].<ref name="Cosgriff1974" /><ref name="Kear2011" /> The type locality is Meadowbank, a site associated with the [[Knocklofty Formation]], where a skull was discovered in [[Induan]] terrestrial [[mudstone]].<ref name="Fossilworks" />

==See also== * [[Prehistoric amphibian]] * [[List of prehistoric amphibians]]

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Cosgriff1974">{{cite journal |last1=Cosgriff |first1=J.W. |title=Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania |journal=Geological Society of America Special Papers |volume=149 |date=1974 |pages=1–130 |doi=10.1130/spe149-p1 |publisher=Geological Society of America |language=en|isbn=0-8137-2149-0 }}</ref> <ref name="Fossilworks">{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37074 |title=''Chomatobatrachus'' Cosgriff 1974 |author= |year= |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref> <ref name="Kear2011">{{cite book |last1=Kear |first1=B.P. |last2=Hamilton-Bruce |first2=R.J. |author-link1=Benjamin P. Kear |author-link2=Robert J. Hamilton-Bruce |title=Dinosaurs in Australia: Mesozoic Life from the Southern Continent |date=2011 |publisher=Csiro Publishing |isbn=9780643102316 |page=48 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTMOFi5EZDUC&pg=PA48 |language=en}}</ref> }}

[[Category:Stereospondyli]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1974]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Australia]] [[Category:Paleontology in Tasmania]]