Rotaurisaurus Yates 1999 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lapillopsidae

Full reference: A. M. Yates. 1999. The Lapillopsidae: a new family of small temnospondyls from the Early Triassic of Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19(2):302-320

Parent taxon: Lapillopsidae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Poropat et al. 2023 and Yates 1999

Sister taxa: Lapillopsis, Manubrantlia, Rhigerpeton

Subtaxa: Rotaurisaurus contundo

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Type: Rotaurisaurus contundo

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Crisp & Gunns Quarry, Head of Arthur Street (Triassic of Australia)

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