Inflectosaurus amplus Shishkin 1960 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Platystegidae

Synonym: Parotosuchus bogdoanus Ochev 1966

Full reference: M. A. Shishkin. 1960. [New Triassic trematosaurid Inflectosaurus amplus]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1960(2):130-148

Belongs to Inflectosaurus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Novikov 2007 and Shishkin 1960

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Inflectosaurus amplus: PIN 2242/1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Bolshoi Bogdo Mountain, Lake Baskunchak, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in the Bogdo Formation of the Russian Federation.
  • Parotosuchus bogdoanus:

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bolshoi Bogdo Mountain, Lake Baskunchak

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