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Watsonisuchus rewanensis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Parotosuchus rewanensis was named by Warren (1980). Its type specimen is QM F6571, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QMF L78, "The Crater", which is in an Induan fluvial mudstone/ironstone in the Arcadia Formation of Australia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Rewanobatrachus gunganj by Schoch and Milner (2000); it was recombined as Watsonisuchus rewanensis by Damiani (2001), Maganuco et al. (2009), Poropat et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Parotosuchus rewanensis Warren p. 26 figs. 1, 2, 5A
2001Watsonisuchus rewanensis Damiani p. 429
2009Watsonisuchus rewanensis Maganuco et al. p. 36
2023Watsonisuchus rewanensis Poropat et al. p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
genusWatsonisuchusOchev 1966
speciesrewanensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Watsonisuchus rewanensis Warren 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Australia (Queensland) Parotosuchus rewanensis (type locality: 85560)