†family Heylerosauridae Shishkin 1980 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Heylerosauridae

Synonym: Eocyclotosauridae Morales and Kamphausen 1984

Parent taxon: Mastodonsauroidea according to J. Liu and Y. Wang 2005

See also Damiani 2001

Sister taxa: Antarctosuchus, Benthosuchidae, Bogdania fragmenta, Capitosauroides, Cyclotosauridae, Cyclotosaurus albertyni, Deltacephalidae, Eocyclotosaurus, Eryosuchidae, Eryosuchus, Mastodonsauridae, Mastodonsaurus, Mastodonsaurus silesiacus, Meyerosuchus, Odenwaldia, Paracyclotosauridae, Paracyclotosaurus, Parotosaurus turfanensis, Parotosuchidae, Parotosuchus, Rewanobatrachus, Yarengiidae, Abiadisaurus, Mentosaurus, Yarengia, Promastodonsaurus

Subtaxa: Rhadalognathus Wellesaurus bussoni Yuanansuchus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Algeria (1 collection), China (1), United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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