Synonym: Parotosaurus Jaekel 1914
Parent taxon: Capitosauroidea according to R. R. Schoch 2013
See also Carroll 1988, Chernin 1978, Damiani 2001, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Ingavat and Janvier 1981, Kuhn 1971, Paton 1976, Schoch 2018, Schoch and Milner 2000, Shishkin and Sulej 2009, Sulej and Niedźwiedzki 2011, Warren and Hutchinson 1988 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965
Sister taxa: Antarctosuchus, Benthosuchidae, Bogdania fragmenta, Capitosauroides, Cyclotosauridae, Cyclotosaurus albertyni, Deltacephalidae, Eocyclotosaurus, Eryosuchidae, Eryosuchus, Mastodonsauridae, Mastodonsaurus, Mastodonsaurus silesiacus, Meyerosuchus, Odenwaldia, Paracyclotosauridae, Paracyclotosaurus, Parotosaurus turfanensis, Parotosuchidae, Rewanobatrachus, Yarengiidae, Abiadisaurus, Mentosaurus, Promastodonsaurus, Yarengia, Heylerosauridae
Subtaxa: Parotosaurus orenburgensis Parotosaurus panteleevi Parotosuchus helgolandicus Parotosuchus komiensis Parotosuchus nasutus Parotosuchus orenburgensis Parotosuchus orientalis Parotosuchus ptaszynskii Parotosuchus sequester Parotosuchus speleus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Antarctica (1 collection), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (18), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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