page_title: 2012 in paleontology
section_title: Newly named temnospondyls
hierarchical_section_title: 2012 in paleontology / Amphibians / New taxa / Newly named temnospondyls
caption_attribution_description: English: Life restoration of Microposaurus averyi. Based on figures 2 and 3 of "The South African stereospondyl Microposaurus from the Middle Triassic of the Sydney Basin, Australia" by Anne Warren (Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3): 538-544). The spiracle in the otic notch is inferred from its possible presence in other stereospondyls such as Dutuitosaurus, according to Laurin and Soler-Gijón (2006)
context_page_description: Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks, burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces, palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science.
  Note: In 2012 International Code of Zoological Nomenclature was amended, with new regulations allowing the publication of new names and nomenclatural acts in zoology after 2011 in works "produced in an edition containing simultaneously obtainable copies by a method that assures widely accessible electronic copies with fixed content and layout", provided that the work is registered in ZooBank before it is published, the work itself states the date of publication with evidence that registration has occurred, and the ZooBank registration states both the name of an electronic archive intended to preserve the work and the ISSN or ISBN associated with the work. New scientific names appearing in electronic works are not required to be registered in ZooBank, only the works themselves are.
caption: Microposaurus averyi.
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