Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Full reference: A. Strapasson, F. L. Pinheiro, and M. B. Soares. 2015. On a New Stereospondylomorph Temnospondyl from the Middle—Late Permian of Southern Brazil. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 60(4):843-855

Parent taxon: Rhinesuchidae according to E. Eltink et al. 2019

See also Strapasson et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Australerpetinae, Broomistega, Eryops africanus, Eryops oweni, Gondwanosaurus, Gondwanosaurus bijoriensis, Laccosaurus, Rastosuchus, Rhineceps, Rhinesuchoides, Rhinesuchus, Uranocentrodon, Uranocentrodon madagascarensis

Subtaxa: Parapytanga catarinensis

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Type: Parapytanga catarinensis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at BR 116 highway, Serra do Espigão (Permian of Brazil)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.