Anaschisma
Anaschisma ("ripped up") is an extinct genus of large temnospondyl amphibians. These animals were part of the family called Metoposauridae, which filled the crocodile-like predatory niches in the late Triassic. It had large skull about 62 centimetres (24 in) long, and possibly reached 3 metres (9.8 ft) long. It was an ambush hunter, snapping up anything small enough to fit in its huge jaws. It was very common during the Late Triassic (Norian age) in what is now the American Southwest.
| Anaschisma Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| Skeleton of Anaschisma at the AMNH | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Metoposauridae |
| Genus: | †Anaschisma Branson, 1905 |
| Type species | |
| †Anaschisma browni Branson, 1905 | |
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