Volgosuchus cornutus Efremov 1940 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Benthosuchidae

Full reference: J. A. Efremov. 1940. Predvaritel'noye opisaniye novykh form permskoy i triasovoy fauny nazemnykh pozvonochnykh SSSR [Preliminary description of new forms from the Permian and Triassic terrestrial vertebrate fauna of the USSR]. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 10(2):1-140

Belongs to Volgosuchus according to J. A. Efremov 1940

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Ples River near Kineshma (Vetlugian Series), which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Vetlugian Series Formation of the Russian Federation

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ples River near Kineshma (Vetlugian Series)

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