Qantas (genus)

Qantas Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Subfamily:	†QantasinaeNovikov, 2012
Genus:	†QantasNovikov, 2012
Type species
†Qantas samarensis Novikov, 2012

Qantas is a genus of trematosauroidtemnospondyl from the Early Triassic. Fossils have been found from the Kamennyi Yar Formation in Borsky District, Samara Oblast. The type speciesQantas 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]

Phylogeny

Qantas in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:^[2]

Temnospondyli Luzocephalus Capitosauridae Samarabatrachus Parotosuchus Poryolosuchus Selenocara Wetlugasaurus Vladlenosaurus Quantas Syrtosuchus Benthosuchus Yarengiidae Vyborosaurus Yarengia Trematosauridae Prothoosuchus Thoosuchus Trematotegmen Angusaurus Inflectosaurus Trematosaurus

Lydekkerinidae Qantasidae Benthosuchidae

References

1. 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.
2. 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.