Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae
Full reference: F. Witzmann, S. Sachs, and C. J. Nyhuis. 2016. A new species of Cyclotosaurus (Stereospondyli, Capitosauria) from the Late Triassic of Bielefeld, NW Germany, and the intrarelationships of the genus. Fossil Record 19:83-100
Belongs to Cyclotosaurus according to F. Witzmann et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Capitosaurus, Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis, Cyclotosaurus hemprichi, Cyclotosaurus intermedius, Cyclotosaurus leptognathus, Cyclotosaurus naraserluki, Cyclotosaurus papilio, Cyclotosaurus posthumus, Cyclotosaurus robustus, Hercynosaurus, Hercynosaurus carinidens
Type specimen: Namu ES/k 36053, a partial skeleton (Almost complete cranium in dorsal view, embedded in sandstone with the palate and occiput obscured). Its type locality is Cyclotosaurus buechneri type locality, which is in a Carnian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Stuttgart Formation of Germany.
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution: found only at Cyclotosaurus buechneri type locality
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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