Bulgosuchus
Extinct genus of amphibians
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Bulgosuchus[1] is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibians, known from an incomplete mandible and a femur recovered from the Bulgo Sandstone at Long Reef in Sydney, Australia. The type species is Bulgosuchus gargantua, which was named in 1999.[2][1]
| Bulgosuchus Temporal range: Early Triassic, | |
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| Holotype mandible of B. gargantua | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Clade: | †Capitosauria |
| Family: | †Mastodonsauridae |
| Genus: | †Bulgosuchus Damiani, 1999 |
| Species: | †B. gargantua |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bulgosuchus gargantua Damiani, 1999 | |
The type specimen is AM F80190, the posterior glenoid section of a left mandibular ramus, and the mandible is estimated to have been at least one metre long.[1][2][3]
At the time of discovery, Bulgosuchus was described as the largest known temnospondyl from the Early Triassic.[4][5]
