Xenotosuchus

Xenotosuchus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Xenotosuchus skull, showing the full complement of tetrapod skull roof bones
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Clade: †Capitosauria
Family: †Mastodonsauridae
Genus: †Xenotosuchus
Morales and Shishkin, 2002
Species
  • †X. africanus Morales and Shishkin, 2002 (type)
Synonyms
  • Parotosuchus africanus (Broom, 1909)
  • Xenotosaurus africanus (Broom, 1909)

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]

Life reconstruction of the similar genus Mastodonsaurus
  1. ^ Morales, M.; Shishkin, M. A. (2002). "A Re-Assessment of Parotosuchus africanus (Broom), a Capitosauroid Temnospondyl Amphibian from the Triassic of South Africa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 22 (1): 1–11. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2002)022[0001:araopa]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 4524188.