Watsonisuchus (original) (raw)
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Extinct genus of temnospondyls
_Watsonisuchus_Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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Holotype skull of W. gunganj | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Capitosauria |
Genus: | †_Watsonisuchus_Ochev, 1966 |
Species | |
†W. magnus (Watson, 1962) (type) †?W. aliciae (Warren and Hutchinson, 1988) †W. gunganj (Warren, 1980) †W. rewanensis (Warren, 1980) | |
Synonyms | |
Rewanobatrachus Schoch and Milner, 2000 ?Warrenisuchus Maganuco et al., 2009 |
Watsonisuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of Australia, Madagascar, and South Africa.[1] It was up to 122 cm long and had a robust skull of 24 cm in length.[2]
Three or four species are known:[3] W. magnus (the type species), W. aliciae (which may instead belong to Warrenisuchus), W. gunganj, and W. rewanensis.
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