Wetlugasaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of temnospondyls}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Wetlugasaurus BW.jpg | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Olenekian}} | taxon = Wetlugasaurus | authority = Riabinin, 1930 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]] | subdivision = *{{extinct}}'''''W. angustifrons''''' <small>Riabinin, 1930 ([[type species|type]])</small> *{{extinct}}'''''W. malachovi''''' <small>Novikov, 1990</small> }}

'''''Wetlugasaurus''''' (meaning "[[Vetluga River]] lizard")<ref>[http://www.rgo.ru/en/article/search-kostroma-crocodile Rybin, Ivan (2018) "In Search of Kostroma Crocodile" Russian Geographical Society.']</ref> is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Temnospondyli|temnospondyl]] from the [[Early Triassic]] ([[Olenekian]]) [[Charkabozh Formation|Charkabozh]], [[Kzylsaiskaya Formation|Kzylsaiskaya]], [[Petropavlovka Formation|Petropavlovka]], [[Kamennyi Yar Formation|Kamennyi Yar]] and [[Vetluga Series Formation]]s of northern [[Russia]] and [[Greenland]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Steyer |first=J. S. |year=2003 |title=A revision of the Early Triassic "Capitosaurs" (Stegocephali, Stereospondyli) from Madagascar, with remarks on their comparative ontogeny |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=544–555 |doi=10.1671/1740|s2cid=85667716 }}</ref> It had a {{convert|22|cm}} long [[skull]], and reached a total length of {{convert|1|m}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AmphibianS.xls |url=http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=angellis.net}}</ref>

==Phylogeny== ''Wetlugasaurus'' 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|lang=ru|isbn=978-5-906906-71-7|archive-date=December 8, 2023|access-date=February 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208092959/https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/7de/j85vtubof3mlf81izrqq9u9oh9eb5lrh.pdf|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

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== Further reading == * ''The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia'' by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin. p. 35-59. * ''Bibliography Of Fossil Vertebrates 1934-1938'' by C. I. Camp

[[Category:Capitosauria]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Europe]] [[Category:Olenekian life]] [[Category:Fossils of Russia]] [[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1930]]