†Kestrosaurus kitchingi Shishkin et al. 2004 (tetrapod)
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Full reference: M. A. Shishkin, B. S. Rubidge, J. Hanox and J. Welman. 2004. Re-evaluation of Kestrosaurus Haughton, a capitosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Upper Beaufort Group of South Africa. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(2):121-138
Belongs to Kestrosaurus according to M. A. Shishkin et al. 2004
Sister taxon: Kestrosaurus dreyeri
Type specimen: BP/1/5359, a partial skull (Skull without narial area). Its type locality is Driefontein, which is in an Olenekian fluvial siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Driefontein
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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