Watsonisuchus

Watsonisuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of Australia, Madagascar, and South Africa.^[1] It was up to 122 cm long and had a robust skull of 24 cm in length.^[2]

Phylum:Chordata

Clade:Tetrapoda

Order:†Temnospondyli

Suborder:†Stereospondyli

Quick facts Watsonisuchus Temporal range: Early Triassic, Scientific classification ...

Watsonisuchus Temporal range: Early Triassic
Holotype skull of W. gunganj
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
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

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Up to four species are known:^[3] W. magnus (the type species), W. aliciae (which may instead belong to Warrenisuchus), W. gunganj, and W. rewanensis.