Stanocephalosaurus pronus Howie 1970 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Paracyclotosauridae

Alternative combinations: Eryosuchus pronus, Parotosaurus pronus

Full reference: A. A. Howie. 1970. A new capitosaurid labyrinthodont from East Africa. Palaeontology 13(2):210-253

Belongs to Stanocephalosaurus according to B. R. Peecook et al. 2018

See also Damiani 2001

Sister taxa: Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis, Stanocephalosaurus birdi

Type specimen: UMZC T.288, a partial skull

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Tanzania (2 collections), Zambia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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