铁面螈属(学名:Siderops,来自希腊语sideros意为“铁”以及-ops意为“脸,面”)是一种生存于早侏罗世澳洲的灭绝小嘴螈科短头鲵类离片椎目两栖动物。其属下仅一种:凯氏铁面螈,取自发现地昆士兰旺多恩镇(Wandoan)的凯尔家族(Kehl Family)。
该属仅发现一具正模标本,包括一件含有下颌的头骨,发现于昆士兰苏拉特盆地的常青组(Evergreen Formation)。[1]铁面螈较大,头骨宽70cm,总身长为2.6m至2.7m左右。[2]
铁面螈属于短头鲵形类,小嘴螈科[3]
- ^ Warren, A.A; Hutchinson, M.N. The last Labyrinthodont? A new brachyopoid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the early Jurassic Evergreen formation of Queensland, Australia. The Royal Society. 1983-09-13.
- ^ Hart, Lachlan J.; Gee, Bryan M.; Smith, Patrick M.; McCurry, Matthew R. A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2023-08-03. ISSN 0272-4634. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2232829 (英语).
- ^ Hart, Lachlan J.; Gee, Bryan M.; Smith, Patrick M.; McCurry, Matthew R. A new chigutisaurid (Brachyopoidea, Temnospondyli) with soft tissue preservation from the Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2023-08-03. ISSN 0272-4634. doi:10.1080/02724634.2023.2232829 (英语).