Watsonisuchus gunganj Warren 1980 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Alternative combinations: Parotosuchus gunganj, Rewanobatrachus gunganj

Full reference: A. A. Warren. 1980. Parotosuchus from the Early Triassic of Queensland and Western Australia. Alcheringa 4:25-36

Belongs to Watsonisuchus according to S. Maganuco et al. 2009

See also Damiani 2001, Schoch and Milner 2000 and Warren 1980

Sister taxa: Parotosaurus wadei, Watsonisuchus magnus, Watsonisuchus rewanensis

Type specimen: QM F10114, a skull. Its type locality is QMF L78 (Rewan Formation), which is in an Induan fluvial mudstone/ironstone in the Arcadia Formation of Australia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at QMF L78 (Rewan Formation)

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