Watsonisuchus Temporal range:
Early Triassic
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Holotype skull of W. gunganj | |
Scientific classification
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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 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.
Watsonisuchus Temporal range:
Early Triassic
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Holotype skull of W. gunganj | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | † Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | † Stereospondyli |
Clade: | † Capitosauria |
Genus: | †
Watsonisuchus Ochev, 1966 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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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.