Tryphosuchus kinelensis Vjuschkov 1955 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Alternative combination: Melosaurus kinelensis

Belongs to Tryphosuchus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Gubin 1989

Sister taxon: Tryphosuchus paucidens

Type specimen: PIN 272/52, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Malaya Kinel' locality, PIN 272, which is in an Urzhumian/Severodvinian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Amanakskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Malaya Kinel' locality, PIN 272

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