Alternative combinations: Capitosaurus helgolandiae, Parotosaurus helgolandiae, Parotosaurus helgolandicus
Full reference: H. Schroeder. 1913. Ein Stegocephalen-Schädel von Helgoland. Jahrbuch der Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 33:232-264
Belongs to Parotosuchus according to R. J. Damiani 2001
See also Kuhn 1971, Schoch and Milner 2000, Schroeder 1913 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965
Sister taxa: Parotosaurus panteleevi, Parotosuchus komiensis, Parotosuchus nasutus, Parotosuchus orenburgensis, Parotosuchus orientalis, Parotosuchus ptaszynskii, Parotosuchus sequester, Parotosuchus speleus, Parotosaurus orenburgensis
Type specimen: MB Am.841, a skull. Its type locality is Helgoland, Predigtstuhl, which is in a Smithian terrestrial sandstone in the Volpriehausen Formation of Germany.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (1 collection), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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