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Xenotosuchus
Extinct genus of temnospondyls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Xenotosuchus is an extinct genus of mastodonsaurid temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae known from the Triassic of South Africa. The genus is based on a skull originally described as Parotosuchus, an animal which it resembled in general build and habit.[1]
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Xenotosuchus skull, showing the full complement of tetrapod skull roof bones | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Capitosauria |
Family: | †Mastodonsauridae |
Genus: | †Xenotosuchus Morales and Shishkin, 2002 |
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