Cyclotosaurus

Cyclotosaurus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl within the family Mastodonsauridae. It was of great size for an amphibian, had an elongated skull up to 56 cm (22 in).

Cyclotosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic - Late Triassic
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Cyclotosaurus
Fraas, 1889
Type species
Cyclotosaurus robustus
(Meyer & Plienninger, 1844)
Other species
  • C. mordax Fraas, 1913
  • C. posthumus Fraas, 1913
  • C. ebrachensis Kuhn, 1932
  • C. hemprichi Kuhn, 1942
  • C. intermedius Sulej & Majer, 2005
  • C. buechneri Witzmann, Sachs & Nyhuis, 2016
  • C.? papilio Wepfer, 1923
  • C. naraserluki Marzola et al., 2017
Synonyms
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