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Watsonisuchus gunganj

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Taxonomy
Parotosuchus gunganj was named by Warren (1980). Its type specimen is QM F10114, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QMF L78, "The Crater", which is in an Induan fluvial mudstone/ironstone in the Arcadia Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Rewanobatrachus gunganj by Schoch and Milner (2000); it was recombined as Watsonisuchus gunganj by Damiani (2001), Maganuco et al. (2009), Poropat et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Parotosuchus gunganj Warren p. 29 figs. 3, 4, 5B, 6, 7
2000Rewanobatrachus gunganj Schoch and Milner p. 165
2001Watsonisuchus gunganj Damiani p. 427
2009Watsonisuchus gunganj Maganuco et al. p. 36
2023Watsonisuchus gunganj Poropat et al. p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
genusWatsonisuchusOchev 1966
speciesgunganj()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Watsonisuchus gunganj Warren 1980
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Australia (Queensland) Parotosuchus gunganj (type locality: 85560)