Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Synonym: Karoosuchus Ochev 1960
Parent taxon: Capitosauridae according to M. A. Shishkin et al. 2004
See also Carroll 1988, Chernin 1978, Damiani 2001, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Schoch and Milner 2000 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965
Sister taxa: Bulgosuchus, Capitosaurus arenaceus, Capitosaurus bogdoanus, Capitosaurus polaris, Cherninia, Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis, Heptasaurus, Jammerbergia, Komatosuchus, Labyrinthodon lavisi, Mastodonsaurus vaslenensis, Parotosuchus dirus, Stenotosaurus, Subcyclotosaurus, Tatrasuchus, Wellesaurus, Xenotosuchus, Archotosaurus, Selenocarinae, Xestorrhytias perrini, Trochanterium, Odontosaurus
Subtaxa: Kestrosaurus dreyeri Kestrosaurus kitchingi
Type: Kestrosaurus dreyeri
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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