Eryosuchus

Eryosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic
E. tverdochlebovi skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	Capitosauroidea
Family:	Capitosauridae
Genus:	Eryosuchus Otschev, 1966
Species
E. tverdochlebovi Otschev, 1966 (type) E. antiquus Otschev, 1966 E. garjainovi Otschev, 1966

Restoration

Eryosuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Triassic of northern Russia. It was a very large predator: largest specimen known could reach up to 3.5 m (11.5 ft) in length, with a skull over 1 m long.^[1]

Sources

• The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia by Michael J. Benton, Mikhail A. Shishkin, David M. Unwin, and Evgenii N. Kurochkin. p. 35-59.
• Dinosaur Encyclopedia by Jayne Parsons
• Chinese Fossil Vertebrates by Spencer G. Lucas

Capitosaurians Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli (unranked): Limnarchia (unranked): Stereospondylomorpha Suborder: Stereospondyli Major groups Mastodonsauroidea Mastodonsauridae Heylerosauridae Stenotosauridae Genera Antarctosuchus Calmasuchus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Ferganobatrachus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Quasicyclotosaurus Sclerothorax Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasaurus Vladlenosaurus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus Related categories Temnospondyls Triassic amphibians