Watsonisuchus
Appearance
Watsonisuchus Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Capitosauria |
Genus: | †Watsonisuchus Ochev, 1966 |
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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
- ^ 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. S2CID 85667716.
- ^ http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania by Ralph E. Molnar (Pg. 39)