†Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Riabinin 1930 (tetrapod)
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Alternative combination: Parotosaurus angustifrons
Synonyms: Capitosaurus volgensis Hartmann-Weinberg and Kuzmin 1936, Wetlugasaurus volgensis Hartmann-Weinberg and Kuzmin 1936, Wetlugosaurus volgensis Hartmann-Weinberg and Kuzmin 1936
Belongs to Wetlugasaurus according to R. J. Damiani 2001
See also Efremov 1940, Schoch and Milner 2000, Shishkin et al. 2000 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965
Sister taxa: Wetlugasaurus kzilsajensis, Wetlugasaurus malachovi, Wetlugasaurus vjatkensis
Type specimens:
- Wetlugasaurus angustifrons: TsNIGR 3417/1, a skull. Its type locality is Zubovskoye, Vetluga River, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Vetluga Series Formation of the Russian Federation.
- Wetlugasaurus volgensis:
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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