Parotosuchus sequester Lozovsky and Shishkin 1974 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Belongs to Parotosuchus according to R. J. Damiani 2001

Sister taxa: Parotosaurus panteleevi, Parotosuchus helgolandicus, Parotosuchus komiensis, Parotosuchus nasutus, Parotosuchus orenburgensis, Parotosuchus orientalis, Parotosuchus ptaszynskii, Parotosuchus speleus, Parotosaurus orenburgensis

Type specimen: PIN 3300/1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Mangyshlak Peninsula, which is in a Spathian terrestrial horizon in the Tauchik Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mangyshlak Peninsula

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