Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Full reference: M. Morales and M. A. Shiskin. 2002. A re-assessment of Parotosuchus africanus (Broom), a capitosauroid temnospondyl amphibian from the Triassic of South Africa. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):1-11
Parent taxon: Capitosauridae according to M. Morales and M. A. Shiskin 2002
See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003
Sister taxa: Bulgosuchus, Capitosaurus arenaceus, Capitosaurus bogdoanus, Capitosaurus polaris, Cherninia, Cyclotosaurus spitzbergensis, Heptasaurus, Jammerbergia, Komatosuchus, Labyrinthodon lavisi, Mastodonsaurus vaslenensis, Parotosuchus dirus, Stenotosaurus, Subcyclotosaurus, Tatrasuchus, Wellesaurus, Selenocarinae, Xestorrhytias perrini, Trochanterium, Archotosaurus, Kestrosaurus, Odontosaurus
Subtaxa: Xenotosuchus africanus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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