Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Paracyclotosauridae

Alternative combination: Parotosaurus birdi

Full reference: B. Brown. 1933. A new genus of Stegocephalia from the Triassic of Arizona. American Museum Novitates 640:1-4

Belongs to Stanocephalosaurus according to A. Dahoumane et al. 2016

See also Brown 1933, Damiani 2001, Schoch and Milner 2000 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965

Sister taxa: Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis, Stanocephalosaurus pronus

Type specimen: AMNH 3029, a partial skull (Natural mold of palate and impression of part of pterygoid region of skull). Its type locality is Highway 87, mile marker 333, SW Winslow, which is in a Spathian terrestrial sandstone in the Moenkopi Formation of Arizona.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Highway 87, mile marker 333, SW Winslow

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.