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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;

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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]

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

References

^ Steyer, J. Sebastien (2003). "A revision of the Early Triassic "captisaurs" (Stegocephali, Stereospondyli) from Madagascar, with remarks on their comparative ontogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (3): 544–555. Bibcode:2003JVPal..23..544S. doi:10.1671/1740. S2CID 85667716.
^ "AmphibianS.xls" (PDF). angellis.net. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
^ 'Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania by Ralph E. Molnar (Pg. 39)

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[JSS03-1] Steyer, J. Sebastien (2003). "A revision of the Early Triassic "captisaurs" (Stegocephali, Stereospondyli) from Madagascar, with remarks on their comparative ontogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (3): 544–555. Bibcode:2003JVPal..23..544S. doi:10.1671/1740. S2CID 85667716.

[2] "AmphibianS.xls" (PDF). angellis.net. Retrieved 2023-06-28.

[3] 'Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania by Ralph E. Molnar (Pg. 39)

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+{{Short description|Extinct genus of temnospondyls}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{Automatic taxobox
-| name = ''Watsonisuchus''
+| taxon =Watsonisuchus
-| image =
+| image = Watsonisuchus.jpg
-| image_width = 250px
+| image_caption = [[Holotype]] skull of ''W. gunganj''
 | fossil_range = [[Early Triassic]]
+| authority = Ochev, 1966
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
-| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
-| superclassis = [[Tetrapoda]]
-| classis = [[Amphibia]]
-| ordo = [[Temnospondyli]]
-| familia = [[Mastodonsauridae]]
-| genus = '''''Watsonisuchus'''''
-| genus_authority = Ochev, 1966
 | subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
 | subdivision =
-*''W. magnus'' <small>([[type species|type]])</small>
+*{{extinct}}''W. magnus'' <small>(Watson, 1962) ([[type species|type]])</small>
-*''W. aliciae''
+*{{extinct}}?''W. aliciae'' <small>(Warren and Hutchinson, 1988)</small>
-*''W. gunganj''
+*{{extinct}}''W. gunganj'' <small>(Warren, 1980)</small>
+*{{extinct}}''W. rewanensis'' <small>(Warren, 1980)</small>
-*''W. madagascariensis''
+| synonyms =
+*''Rewanobatrachus'' <small>Schoch and Milner, 2000</small>
+*?''[[Warrenisuchus]]'' <small>Maganuco ''et al.'', 2009</small>
 }}
-'''''Watsonisuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[Temnospondyli|temnospondyl]] [[amphibian]] from the [[Early Triassic]] of [[Australia]], [[Madagascar]], and [[South Africa]].<ref name=JSS03>{{cite journal |last=Steyer |first=J. Sebastien |year=2003 |title=A revision of the Early Triassic "captisaurs" (Stegocephali, Stereospondyli) from Madagascar, with remarks on their comparative ontogeny |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=544–555 |doi=10.1671/1740 }}</ref>
+'''''Watsonisuchus''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[temnospondyl]] from the [[Early Triassic]] of [[Australia]], [[Madagascar]], and [[South Africa]].<ref name=JSS03>{{cite journal |last=Steyer |first=J. Sebastien |year=2003 |title=A revision of the Early Triassic "captisaurs" (Stegocephali, Stereospondyli) from Madagascar, with remarks on their comparative ontogeny |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=544–555 |doi=10.1671/1740 |bibcode=2003JVPal..23..544S |s2cid=85667716 }}</ref> It was up to 122&nbsp;cm long and had a robust [[skull]] of 24&nbsp;cm in length.<ref>{{Cite web |title=AmphibianS.xls |url=http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=angellis.net}}</ref>
+Three or four species are known:<ref>'Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania'' by Ralph E. Molnar  (Pg. 39)</ref> '''''W. magnus''''' (the [[type species]]), ''W. aliciae'' (which may instead belong to ''[[Warrenisuchus]]''), ''W. gunganj'', and ''W. rewanensis''.
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-* ''Dragons in the Dust: The Paleobiology of the Giant Monitor Lizard Megalania'' by Ralph E. Molnar  (Pg. 39)
+{{Portal|Paleontology}}
+{{Stereospondyli|S.}}
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q7974890}}
+[[Category:Capitosaurs]]
-{{Capitosauroidea}}
+[[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Africa]]
+[[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Australia]]
+[[Category:Early Triassic amphibians of Africa]]
+[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1966]]
-[[Category:Temnospondyls]]
-[[Category:Triassic amphibians]]
-[[Category:Prehistoric amphibians of Africa]]
-[[Category:Prehistoric amphibians of Australia]]
-{{paleo-amphibian-stub}}
+{{Temnospondyli-stub}}
-{{triassic-stub}}
+{{Triassic-animal-stub}}
-{{portal|Paleontology}}