Parotosuchus speleus Shishkin and Sulej 2009 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: M. A. Shishkin and T. Sulej. 2009. The Early Triassic temnospondyls of the Czatkowice 1 tetrapod assemblage. Palaeontologia Polonica 65:31-77

Belongs to Parotosuchus according to M. A. Shishkin and T. Sulej 2009

Sister taxa: Parotosaurus panteleevi, Parotosuchus helgolandicus, Parotosuchus komiensis, Parotosuchus nasutus, Parotosuchus orenburgensis, Parotosuchus orientalis, Parotosuchus ptaszynskii, Parotosuchus sequester, Parotosaurus orenburgensis

Type specimen: ZPAL AbIV/105, a partial skull (left vomer). Its type locality is Czatkowice 1 quarry, which is in an Olenekian fissure fill limestone/limestone in Poland.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Czatkowice 1 quarry

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