Mattauschia
Extinct genus of amphibians
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Mattauschia is an extinct genus of trematopid temnospondyls from the Late Carboniferous of the Czech Republic.
| Mattauschia Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Family: | †Trematopidae |
| Genus: | †Mattauschia Milner, 2018 |
| Type species | |
| Mattauschia laticeps[1] (Fritsch, 1881) | |
Taxonomy
The type species of Mattauschia, M. laticeps, was named Limnerpeton laticeps by Fritsch (1881) for a small post-metamorphic specimen from Late Carboniferous coal deposits in the Czech Republic.[2] Milner and Sequeira (2003) synonymized it and the nominal species Limnerpeton macrolepis with Mordex calliprepes, interpreting them as representing growth stages of one trematopid species.[3] Milner (2018) eventually recognized laticeps as distinct from the M. calliprepes holotype, so he erected Mattauschia for laticeps, which includes the lectotype specimen NMP M470/471 as well as the paralectotype NMP M639 and Limnerpeton macrolepis lectotype NMP M472.[1]
