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†Cyclotosaurus Fraas 1889 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Parent taxon: Cyclotosauridae according to M. Marzola et al. 2017

See also Carroll 1988, Damiani 2001, Haughton 1925, Ingavat and Janvier 1981, Kuhn 1971, Paton 1976, Schoch 2013, Schoch and Milner 2000, Watson 1919 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965

Sister taxa: Cyclotosaurinae, Heylerosaurinae, Quasicyclotosaurus, Stenotosaurinae

Subtaxa: Capitosaurus Cyclotosaurus buechneri Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis Cyclotosaurus hemprichi Cyclotosaurus intermedius Cyclotosaurus leptognathus Cyclotosaurus naraserluki Cyclotosaurus papilio Cyclotosaurus posthumus Cyclotosaurus robustus Hercynosaurus Hercynosaurus carinidens

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Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (14 collections), Greenland (1), Luxembourg (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences

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