Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae
Alternative combination: Paracyclotosaurus hemprichi
Belongs to Cyclotosaurus according to R. J. Damiani 2001
See also Ingavat and Janvier 1981, Kuhn 1971 and Watson 1958
Sister taxa: Capitosaurus, Cyclotosaurus buechneri, Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis, Cyclotosaurus intermedius, Cyclotosaurus leptognathus, Cyclotosaurus naraserluki, Cyclotosaurus papilio, Cyclotosaurus posthumus, Cyclotosaurus robustus, Hercynosaurus, Hercynosaurus carinidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 18), which is in a Rhaetian floodplain claystone/sandstone in the Trossingen Formation of Germany
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution: found only at Baerecke-Limpricht clay pit, Halberstadt (bed 18)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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