# Panthasaurus

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Extinct genus of temnospondyls

Panthasaurus Temporal range: Norian, 227–220 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapoda Order: †Temnospondyli Suborder: †Stereospondyli Family: †Metoposauridae Genus: †Panthasaurus Chakravorti and Sengupta, 2018 Species: †P. maleriensis Binomial name †Panthasaurus maleriensis (Chowdbury, 1965) Synonyms Buettneria maleriensis (Chowdbury, 1965) Metoposaurus maleriensis Chowdbury, 1965

***Panthasaurus*** is an extinct genus of large [temnospondyl](/source/Temnospondyl) belonging to the family [Metoposauridae](/source/Metoposauridae) that lived in India during the Late Triassic ([Norian](/source/Norian)) of central India. It contains one species, ***Panthasaurus maleriensis*** from the [Lower Maleri Formation](/source/Lower_Maleri_Formation) of [India](/source/India).

## Taxonomy

*Metoposaurus maleriensis* was coined by Chowdbury (1965) for metoposaurid remains from the Maleri Formation in the Pranhita–Godavari Basin of eastern India.[1] Later, Hunt (1993) transferred the species to the genus *[Buettneria](/source/Koskinonodon)*,[2] which was followed by Sulej (2002).[3]

In a paper published in 2018, Chakravorti and Sengupta concluded that specimens of *Metoposaurus maleriensis* formed a morphospace and morphotype distinct from metoposaurids found in [Laurasia](/source/Laurasia). They erected a new genus, *Panthasaurus*, for *M. maleriensis*.[4]

## See also

- [Paleontology portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Paleontology)

- [Triassic–Jurassic extinction event](/source/Triassic%E2%80%93Jurassic_extinction_event)

- [Timeline of paleontology](/source/Timeline_of_paleontology)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Chowdhury, T.R. (1965). ["A new metoposauroid amphibian from the Upper Triassic Maleri Formation of Central India"](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstb.1965.0019). *Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B*. **250** (761): 1–52. [Bibcode](/source/Bibcode_(identifier)):[1965RSPTB.250....1C](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1965RSPTB.250....1C). [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1098/rstb.1965.0019](https://doi.org/10.1098%2Frstb.1965.0019).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hunt, A.P. (1993). "Revision of the Metoposauridae (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) and description of a new genus from Western North America". In Morales, M. (ed.). *Aspects of Mesozoic Geology and Paleontology of the Colorado Plateau*. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin. Vol. 59. pp. 67–97.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sulej, T. (2002). ["Species discrimination of the Late Triassic temnospondyl amphibian *Metoposaurus diagnosticus*"](https://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app47-535.html). *Acta Palaeontologica Polonica*. **47** (3): 535–546.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Chakravorti, S.; Sengupta, D.P. (2018). "Taxonomy, morphometry and morphospace of cranial bones of *Panthasaurus* gen. nov. *maleriensis* from the Late Triassic of India". *Journal of Iberian Geology*. **45** (2): 317–340. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1007/s41513-018-0083-1](https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs41513-018-0083-1). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [133977267](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:133977267).

v t e Stereospondyli Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapodomorpha Order: Temnospondyli Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Temnospondyli see Temnospondyli Stereospondyli see below↓ Stereospondyli Stereospondyli Arachana Capulomala Peltobatrachus Lapillopsidae Lapillopsis Manubrantlia Rhigerpeton Rotaurisaurus Rhinesuchidae Australerpeton? Broomistega Laccosaurus Parapytanga? Rastosuchus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon Lydekkerinidae Chomatobatrachus Cryobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Luzocephalus? Lydekkerina Capitosauria Antarctosuchus Bukobaja Calmasuchus Capitosaurus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Heptasaurus Huangfuchuansuchus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Kupferzellia Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Quasicyclotosaurus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Rhadalognathus Samarabatrachus Sassenisaurus Sclerothorax Selenocara Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasuchus Vladlenosaurus Volgasaurus Volgasuchus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus Trematosauria see below↓ Trematosauria Trematosauria Almasaurus Bothriceps Callistomordax Chinlestegophis Keratobrachyops Laidleria Latiscopus Qantas Rileymillerus Syrtosuchus Uruyiella Benthosuchidae Benthosuchus Kwatisuchus Trematosauridae Angusaurus Aphaneramma Cosgriffius Erythrobatrachus Gonioglyptus Hyperokynodon Icanosaurus Indolyrocephalus Inflectosaurus Lyrocephaliscus Microposaurus Panchetosaurus Platystega Prothoosuchus Stoschiosaurus Tertrema Tertremoides Thoosuchus Tirraturhinus Trematolestes Trematosuchoides Trematosaurus Trematosuchus Trematotegmen Wantzosaurus Metoposauridae Anaschisma Apachesaurus Arganasaurus Buettnererpeton Dutuitosaurus Metoposaurus Panthasaurus Rhytidosteidae Boreopelta Mahavisaurus Nanolania Peltostega Pneumatostega Rhytidosteus Sangaia Trucheosaurus Derwentiinae Arcadia Acerastia Deltasaurus Derwentia Indobrachyops Rewana Chigutisauridae Arenaerpeton Chigutisaurus Compsocerops Koolasuchus Pelorocephalus Siderops Brachyopidae Banksiops Bathignathus Batrachosaurus Batrachosuchoides Batrachosuchus Blinasaurus Brachyops Gobiops Hadrokkosaurus Notobrachyops Platycepsion Sinobrachyops Vanastega Vigilius Xenobrachyops Plagiosauridae Gerrothorax Megalophthalma Plagiobatrachus Plagiorophus Plagiosaurus Plagioscutum Plagiosternum Plagiosuchus See also: Trematosauroidea Metoposauroidea Rhytidosteoidea Brachyopomorpha Brachyopoidea Plagiosauroidea Category

Taxon identifiers Panthasaurus Wikidata: Q60788495 GBIF: 11163816

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