Rotaryus gothae Berman et al. 2011 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematopidae

Full reference: D. S. Berman, A. C. Henrici, T. Martens, S. S. Sumida, and J. S. Anderson. 2011. Rotaryus gothae, a New Trematopid (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea) from the Lower Permian of Central Germany. Annals of Carnegie Museum 80(1):49-65

Belongs to Rotaryus according to D. S. Berman et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MNG 10182, a partial skeleton (almost complete skull and mandible as well as incomplete anterior portion of postcranium). Its type locality is Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone), which is in an Artinskian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Tambach Formation of Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone)

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