Xenotosuchus

Xenotosuchus
Temporal range:
Xenotosuchus skull, showing the full complement of tetrapod skull roof bones
Scientific 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.