Dutuitosaurus
Encyclopedia
Dutuitosaurus is an genus
of Africa
n metoposaur, a group of prehistoric amphibian
s. It has a long tail, suggesting that it actively swam after fishes and other prey.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n metoposaur, a group of prehistoric amphibian
Amphibian
Amphibians , are a class of vertebrate animals including animals such as toads, frogs, caecilians, and salamanders. They are characterized as non-amniote ectothermic tetrapods...
s. It has a long tail, suggesting that it actively swam after fishes and other prey.
See also
- KoskinonodonKoskinonodonKoskinonodon is an extinct genus of large temnospondyl amphibian, formerly named Buettneria. It was very common during the Late Triassic in what is now the American Southwest.-External links:*...
- MetoposauridaeMetoposauridaeMetoposauridae is an extinct family of trematosaurian temnospondyls. The family is known from the Triassic and Jurassic periods. Most members are large, approximately long...
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians