Watsonisuchus

Watsonisuchus; Temporal range: Early Triassic
	Holotype skull of W. gunganj
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Clade:	†Capitosauria
Genus:	†Watsonisuchus; Ochev, 1966
Species
	†W. magnus (Watson, 1962) (type); †?W. aliciae (Warren and Hutchinson, 1988); †W. gunganj (Warren, 1980); †W. rewanensis (Warren, 1980);
Synonyms
	Rewanobatrachus Schoch and Milner, 2000; ?Warrenisuchus Maganuco et al., 2009;

Watsonisuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of Australia, Madagascar, and South Africa. It was up to 122 cm long and had a robust skull of 24 cm in length.

Three or four species are known: W. magnus (the type species), W. aliciae (which may instead belong to Warrenisuchus), W. gunganj, and W. rewanensis.

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