Watsonisuchus (original) (raw)

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Extinct genus of temnospondyls

_Watsonisuchus_Temporal range: Early Triassic
Holotype skull of W. gunganj
Scientific classification Edit this 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.

  1. ^ Steyer, J. Sebastien (2003). "A revision of the Early Triassic "captisaurs" (Stegocephali, Stereospondyli) from Madagascar, with remarks on their comparative ontogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (3): 544–555. Bibcode:2003JVPal..23..544S. doi:10.1671/1740. S2CID 85667716.
  2. ^ "AmphibianS.xls" (PDF). angellis.net. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  3. ^ 'Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania by Ralph E. Molnar (Pg. 39)