Paracyclotosaurus morganorum Damiani and Hancox 2003 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: R. J. Damiani and P. J. Hancox. 2003. New mastodonsaurid temnospondyls from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (Upper Beaufort Group; Karoo Basin) of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23(1):54-66

Belongs to Paracyclotosaurus according to R. J. Damiani and P. J. Hancox 2003

See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003

Sister taxa: Paracyclotosaurus crookshanki, Paracyclotosaurus davidi

Type specimen: BP/1/5551, a partial skull (Right posterior portion of skull). Its type locality is Farm Wilgerkloof, which is in an Anisian terrestrial sandstone in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Farm Wilgerkloof

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