Watsonisuchus

Watsonisuchus
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:Temnospondyli
Suborder:Stereospondyli
Clade:Capitosauria
Genus:Watsonisuchus
Ochev, 1966
Synonyms

Watsonisuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian 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]

References

  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. doi:10.1671/1740.
  2. http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf
  • Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania by Ralph E. Molnar (Pg. 39)


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