Stanocephalosaurus amenasensis Dahoumane et al. 2016 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Paracyclotosauridae

Full reference: A. Dahoumane, A. Nedjari, R. Aït-Ouali, P. Taquet, R. Vacant and J.-S. Steyer. 2016. A new Mastodonsauroid Temnospondyl from the Triassic of Algeria: Implications for the biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Zarzaïtine Series, northern Sahara. Comptes Rendus Palevol 15(8):918-926

Belongs to Stanocephalosaurus according to A. Dahoumane et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Stanocephalosaurus birdi, Stanocephalosaurus pronus

Type specimen: ZAR03, a skull. Its type locality is South of "La Reculée", which is in a Triassic/Triassic terrestrial sandstone in Algeria.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at South of "La Reculée"

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