Prothoosuchus

Prothoosuchus is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl within the family Thoosuchidae.^[1]

Prothoosuchus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Thoosuchidae
Genus:	†Prothoosuchus Getmanov, 1989
Species
†P. blomi Getmanov, 1989 †P. samariensis Getmanov, 1989

Phylogeny

Prothoosuchus in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:^[2]

Temnospondyli	Luzocephalus Capitosauridae Samarabatrachus Poryolosuchus Parotosuchus Selenocara Wetlugasaurus Vladlenosaurus Qantas Trematosauridae Prothoosuchus Thoosuchus Trematotegmen Angusaurus Inflectosaurus Trematosaurus Syrtosuchus Benthosuchus Yarengiidae Vyborosaurus Yarengia Benthosuchidae Qantasidae Lydekkerinidae

See also

• Paleontology portal

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians