Trucheosaurus Watson 1956 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhytidosteidae

Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1956. The brachyopid labyrinthodonts. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 2(8):315-392

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

See also Carroll 1988, Marsicano and Warren 1998 and Poropat et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Boreopelta, Deltasaurus, Mahavisaurus

Subtaxa: Trucheosaurus major

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Type: Bothriceps major

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Commonwealth Oil Corporation oil shale mine, Airly (Permian of Australia)

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