Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Full reference: J.-P. Lehman. 1971. Nouveaux vertebres fossiles du Trias de la Serie de Zarzaitine. Annales de Paleontologie 57:71-116
Parent taxon: Mastodonsauridae according to R. J. Damiani 2001
See also Carroll 1988 and Schoch and Milner 2000
Sister taxa: Bulgosuchus, Capitosaurus arenaceus, Capitosaurus bogdoanus, Capitosaurus polaris, Cherninia, Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis, Heptasaurus, Jammerbergia, Komatosuchus, Labyrinthodon lavisi, Mastodonsaurus vaslenensis, Parotosuchus dirus, Stenotosaurus, Subcyclotosaurus, Tatrasuchus, Xestorrhytias perrini, Archotosaurus, Xenotosuchus, Odontosaurus, Kestrosaurus, Trochanterium, Selenocarinae
Subtaxa: Wellesaurus peabodyi
Type: Parotosaurus peabodyi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (3: Arizona collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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