Inflectosaurus Shishkin 1960 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Platystegidae

Full reference: M. A. Shishkin. 1960. [New Triassic trematosaurid Inflectosaurus amplus]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1960(2):130-148

Parent taxon: Platystegidae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Carroll 1988, Novikov 2007 and Warren and Black 1985

Sister taxon: Platystega

Subtaxa: Inflectosaurus amplus

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Type: Inflectosaurus amplus

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bolshoi Bogdo Mountain, Lake Baskunchak (Triassic of Russian Federation)

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