Stenotosaurus semiclausus Swinton 1927

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Alternative combinations: Capitosaurus semiclausus, Parotosaurus semiclausus

Belongs to Stenotosaurus according to R. J. Damiani 2001

See also Ingavat and Janvier 1981, Kuhn 1971, Romer 1947 and Schoch and Milner 2000

Sister taxa: Stenotosaurus gracilis, Stenotosaurus stantonensis

Type specimen: BMNH R5276, a skull. Its type locality is Villingen, which is in a Spathian/Aegean terrestrial sandstone in the Upper Buntsandstein Formation of Germany.

Distribution: found only at Villingen

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