Qantas is a genus of trematosauroid temnospondyl from the Early Triassic. Fossils have been found from the Kamennyi Yar Formation in Borsky District, Samara Oblast. The type species Qantas samarensis was named in 2012 and placed in the family Benthosuchidae, as it was viewed as a close relative of Benthosuchus. The subfamily Qantasinae was established to include Qantas, and possibly the genus Tirraturhinus. Qantas is named after the Australian airline Qantas, which supported the original study of the fossils.[1]
| Qantas Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Subfamily: | †Qantasinae Novikov, 2012 |
| Genus: | †Qantas Novikov, 2012 |
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| †Qantas samarensis Novikov, 2012
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Phylogeny
editQantas in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:[2]
References
edit- ^ Novikov, I. V. (2012). "New data on trematosauroid labyrinthodonts of Eastern Europe: 3. Qantas samarensis gen. Et sp. Nov". Paleontological Journal. 46 (2): 177–186. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46..177N. doi:10.1134/S0031030112020098.
- ^ Novikov A.V. (2018). Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: RAS. p. 138. ISBN 978-5-906906-71-7. "Archive copy" (PDF). December 8, 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-12-08.
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