Subcyclotosaurus brookvalensis Watson 1958 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Alternative combination: Parotosaurus brookvalensis

Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1958. A new labyrinthodont (Paracyclotosaurus) from the upper Trias of New South Wales. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 3(7):233-262

Belongs to Subcyclotosaurus according to R. J. Damiani 2001

See also Poropat et al. 2023, Schoch and Milner 2000, Watson 1958 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AM F47499, a partial skull (Mould of skull roof). Its type locality is Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection), which is in an Anisian lacustrine - small shale in the Hawkesbury Sandstone Formation of Australia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beacon Hill Quarry (AM collection)

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