Georgenthalia

Georgenthalia Temporal range: Early Permian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Euskelia
Superfamily:	†Dissorophoidea
Family:	†Amphibamidae
Genus:	†Georgenthalia Anderson et al., 2008
Species
†G. clavinasica Anderson et al., 2008 (type)

Georgenthalia is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl from the Lower Permian. It is an amphibamid which lived in what is now the Thuringian Forest of central Germany. It is known from the holotype MNG 11135, a small, complete skull. It was found in the Bromacker locality of the Tambach Formation. It was first named by Jason S. Anderson, Amy C. Henrici, Stuart S. Sumida, Thomas Martens and David S. Berman in 2008 and the type species is Georgenthalia clavinasica.^[1]

Phylogeny

Cladogram after Fröbisch and Reisz, 2008:^[2]

Amphibamidae	Georgenthalia Eoscopus Plemmyradytes Platyrhinops Doleserpeton Gerobatrachus Amphibamus Tersomius Micropholis Pasawioops

References

1. Jason S. Anderson; Amy C. Henrici; Stuart S. Sumida; Thomas Martens; David S. Berman (2008). "Georgenthalia clavinasica, A New Genus and Species of Dissorophoid Temnospondyl from the Early Permian of Germany, and the Relationships of the Family Amphibamidae". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (1): 61–75. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[61:GCANGA]2.0.CO;2.
2. Fröbisch, N.B.; Reisz, R.R. (2008). "A new Lower Permian amphibamid (Dissorophoidea, Temnospondyli) from the fissure fill deposits near Richards Spur, Oklahoma". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (4): 1015–1030. doi:10.1671/0272-4634-28.4.1015.