Parotosuchus ptaszynskii Sulej and Niedźwiedzki 2011 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: T. Sulej and G. Niedźwiedzki. 2011. A new large capitosaur temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Poland. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(1):65-75

Belongs to Parotosuchus according to T. Sulej and G. Niedźwiedzki 2011

Sister taxa: Parotosaurus panteleevi, Parotosuchus helgolandicus, Parotosuchus komiensis, Parotosuchus nasutus, Parotosuchus orenburgensis, Parotosuchus orientalis, Parotosuchus sequester, Parotosuchus speleus, Parotosaurus orenburgensis

Type specimen: MPT.P 272, a mandible (Posterior part of a mandible). Its type locality is Wióry tracksite, which is in a Spathian channel sandstone/siltstone in the Wióry Formation of Poland.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wióry tracksite

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