Watsonisuchus

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