Compsocerops

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Carnian]]–[[Norian]] ~{{fossil range|235|206}} | image = Compsocerops cosgriffi.jpg | taxon = Compsocerops | authority = Sengupta, [[1995 in paleontology|1995]] | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *{{extinct}}''Compsocerops cosgriffi'' Sengupta, 1995 *{{extinct}}''Compsocerops tikiensis'' Chakravorti & Sengupta, 2023 }}

'''''Compsocerops''''' is an [[extinct]] genus of [[temnospondyl]] [[amphibian]]s recovered from the [[Late Triassic]] [[Upper Maleri Formation|Upper Maleri]] and [[Tiki Formation]]s of [[India]],<ref>D. P. Sengupta. 1995. Chigutisaurid temnospondyls from the Late Triassic of India and a review of the Family Chigutisauridae. ''Palaeontology'' 38(2):313-339</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Chakravorti |first1=Sanjukta |last2=Sengupta |first2=Dhurjati Prasad |date=2023-03-06 |title=The first record of chigutisaurid amphibian from the Late Triassic Tiki Formation and the probable Carnian pluvial episode in central India |journal=PeerJ |language=en |volume=11 |article-number=e14865 |doi=10.7717/peerj.14865 |doi-access=free |pmid=36908823 |pmc=9997194 |issn=2167-8359}}</ref> and the [[Santa Maria Formation]] of [[Brazil]].<ref>Dias-da-Silva, Sérgio, et al. 2011. The presence of Compsocerops (Brachyopoidea: Chigutisauridae) (Late Triassic) in southern Brazil with comments on chigutisaurid palaeobiogeography. ''Palaeontology'' 55(1):163-172</ref>

[[File:Compsocerops1DB.jpg|thumb|200px|left|''Compsocerops cosgriffi'']]

== References == {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Chigutisauridae]] [[Category:Prehistoric amphibian genera]] [[Category:Carnian genera]] [[Category:Norian genera]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Asia]] [[Category:Triassic India]] [[Category:Fossils of India]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of South America]] [[Category:Triassic Brazil]] [[Category:Fossils of Brazil]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1995]]