Wetlugasaurus angustifrons Riabinin 1930 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

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 and Shishkin et al. 2000

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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