Vanastega

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| fossil_range = Middle Triassic, {{Fossil range|247.2|242.0}}

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| taxon = Vanastega

| authority = Damiani and Kitching, 2003

| type_species = {{extinct}}Vanastega plurimidens

| type_species_authority = Damiani and Kitching, 2003

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Vanastega is an extinct genus of Triassic temnospondyl amphibian in the family Brachyopidae. It is known from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone in Burgersdorp, South Africa. The genus contains just one species, Vanastega plurimidens, the type species.

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{{cite journal|last1=Damiani|first1=Ross J.|last2=Kitching|first2=James W.|title=A new brachyopid temnospondyl from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, upper Beaufort Group, South Africa |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |date=2003 |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=67–78 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[67:ANBTFT]2.0.CO;2 |jstor=4524295}}

{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=167337 |title=†Vanastega Damiani and Kitching 2003 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=15 March 2017}}

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Category:Brachyopidae

Category:Anisian life

Category:Triassic amphibians of Africa

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2003

Category:Taxa named by James Kitching

Vanastega

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