Cyclotosaurus papilio Wepfer 1913 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cyclotosauridae

Belongs to Cyclotosaurus according to R. J. Damiani 2001

See also Kuhn 1971, Schoch 2008, Watson 1958 and Welles and Cosgriff 1965

Sister taxa: Capitosaurus, Cyclotosaurus buechneri, Cyclotosaurus ebrachensis, Cyclotosaurus hemprichi, Cyclotosaurus intermedius, Cyclotosaurus leptognathus, Cyclotosaurus naraserluki, Cyclotosaurus posthumus, Cyclotosaurus robustus, Hercynosaurus, Hercynosaurus carinidens

Type specimen: Its type locality is Heckfeld Quarry, which is in a Ladinian terrestrial sandstone in Germany

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: found only at Heckfeld Quarry

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