Qantas (genus)

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{for|the commercial airline based in [[Australia]]|Qantas}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = [[Early Triassic]] | parent_authority = Novikov, [[2012 in paleontology|2012]] | taxon = Qantas | authority = Novikov, 2012 | type_species = {{extinct}}'''''Qantas samarensis''''' | type_species_authority = Novikov, 2012 }}

'''''Qantas''''' is a [[genus]] of [[trematosauroid]] [[temnospondyl]] from the [[Early Triassic]]. Fossils have been found from the [[Kamennyi Yar Formation]] in [[Borsky District, Samara Oblast]]. The [[type species]] ''Qantas samarensis'' was named in 2012 and placed in the family [[Benthosuchidae]], as it was viewed as a close relative of ''[[Benthosuchus]]''. The subfamily '''Qantasinae''' was established to include ''Qantas'', and possibly the genus ''[[Tirraturhinus]]''. ''Qantas'' is named after the Australian airline [[Qantas]], which supported the original study of the fossils.<ref name=NIV12>{{Cite journal | last1 = Novikov | first1 = I. V. | title = New data on trematosauroid labyrinthodonts of Eastern Europe: 3. Qantas samarensis gen. Et sp. Nov | doi = 10.1134/S0031030112020098 | journal = Paleontological Journal | volume = 46 | issue = 2 | pages = 177–186 | year = 2012 | bibcode = 2012PalJ...46..177N }}</ref>

==Phylogeny== ''Qantas'' in a [[cladogram]] after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:<ref name=Novikov2018>{{cite book|author=Novikov A.V.|year=2018|url=https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/7de/j85vtubof3mlf81izrqq9u9oh9eb5lrh.pdf|title=Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities|publisher=Moscow: RAS|page=138|language=ru|isbn=978-5-906906-71-7}} {{cite web|url=https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/7de/j85vtubof3mlf81izrqq9u9oh9eb5lrh.pdf |title=Archive copy |date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208092959/https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/7de/j85vtubof3mlf81izrqq9u9oh9eb5lrh.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-08 }}</ref>

{{Barlabel |size=18 |at1=-0.5|label1=[[Lydekkerinidae]]|bar1=green |at2=8|label2=[[Qantasidae]]|bar2=violet |at3=9.5|label3=[[Benthosuchidae]]|bar3=blue |cladogram={{clade |label1=[[Temnospondyli]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Luzocephalus]]'' |barbegin1 = green |barend1 = green |2={{clade |label1=[[Capitosauridae]] |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=''[[Samarabatrachus]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Parotosuchus]]'' |2=''[[Poryolosuchus]]'' }} }} |2={{clade |1=''[[Selenocara]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Wetlugasaurus]]'' |2=''[[Vladlenosaurus]]'' }} }} }} |2={{clade |1=''Quantas'' |barbegin1 = violet |barend1 = violet |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=''[[Syrtosuchus]]'' |barbegin1 = blue |2={{clade |1=''[[Benthosuchus]]'' |barend1 = blue |2={{clade |label1=[[Yarengiidae]] |1={{clade |1=''[[Vyborosaurus]]'' |2=''[[Yarengia]]'' }} }} }} }} |label2=[[Trematosauridae]] |2={{clade |1=''[[Prothoosuchus]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Thoosuchus]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Trematotegmen]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Angusaurus]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Inflectosaurus]]'' |2=''[[Trematosaurus]]'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Triassic temnospondyls]] [[Category:Extinct animals of Russia]] [[Category:Stereospondyli]]