Archotosaurus Paton 1976 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Full reference: R. L. Paton. 1976. A replacement name for Parotosaurus Jaekel (Amphibia; Labyrhinthodontia). Palaeontology 19(2):415-416

Parent taxon: Capitosauridae according to R. L. Paton 1976

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, Selenocarinae, Kestrosaurus, Xenotosuchus, Trochanterium, Xestorrhytias perrini, Odontosaurus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Archotosaurus in the database

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