#temnospondyl

Benthosuchus

A genus of temnospondyl amphibian from early Triassic Russia. It was about 2.5 m. long.

his week's #Paleostream flocking was themed around the Walking With series of palaeontology documentaries to honour the last Ben Bartlett who passed yesterday

we sketched Ornithocheirus, Brontoscorpio, Liopleurodon, and Koolasuchus

Prionosuchus is a genus from the early Permian period of Brazil and is a very large temnospondyl with estimates of it growing 6-9 meters long!

These estimates are based on skull length, with one skull measuring over a meter in length alone

Eryops megacephalus

Large (2-3 m / 4-7 ft | ~225 kg / ~500 lb) amphibious temnospondyls from the late Carboniferous to early Permian. They are named after their rather large and elongated head which housed numerous teeth. Some skin impressions show that they had ovoid bumps/scales running down the body.

The Paleo Party Guest of the day is Mastodonsaurus.

Their name means "teat-toothed lizard" because the first tooth from them discovered was damaged and looked like a nipple from above... But those large tusk-like teeth would fit through the top of the skull at the front of the head.

Age: 247 to 237 million years ago, Middle Triassic.

Location: Europe

This sticker can be found in my Mesozoic Miscellany listing!

Eryops megacephalus

An amphibious temnospondyls from the early Permian deposits of the Texas Red Beds. Eryops averaged a little over 2.0 m (6 ft 7 in) long and could grow up to 3 m (9 ft 10 in), making them among the largest land animals of their time. 

illustration by Dmitry Bogdanov

Onchiodon 

An extinct genus of temnospondyl. It is primarily known from the Carboniferous and Permian of Europe, but also from the Permian of North America. It was an amphibious carnivore.

illustration by Dmitry Bogdanov

Cacops 

A genus of dissorophid temnospondyls from the Kungurian stage of the early Permian of the United States.

illustration by Dmitry Bogdanov

Melosaurus

A genus of temnospondyl from middle Permian Tatarstan, Russia. It was about 3 m. long with a skull lenght of about 0.4 m.

illustration by Mario Lanzas

Platyoposaurus stuckenbergi

A temnospondyl from Permian Russia. It had an estimated length of about 2.5 m. and had a long snout that looked like a crocodile.

illustration by Mario Lanzas

Prionosuchus plummeri

A temnospondyl from early Permian Brazil. Most specimens have been estimated to be about‭ ‬2 to 2.5‭ ‬meters long.‭ ‬ One excpetionally large skull however had a length of about‭ ‬1.6‭ ‬meters,‭ ‬suggesting that this individual had a total body length of about‭ ‬7.5 ‬meters.

illustration by Mario Lanzas

Parioxys

A genus of temnospondyl amphibian from early Permian North America.