Fossil of Giant #Triassic #Amphibian Unearthed in Brazil
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kwatisuchus-rosai-12636.html

Interrelationships among Early Triassic faunas of Western #Gondwana and #Laurasia as illuminated by a new South American benthosuchid temnospondyl https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25384

"Named #Kwatisuchus rosai, the #animal was approximately 1.5 m in length. It belonged to #Benthosuchidae, a small group of giant #crocodile-like #amphibians that lived during the Triassic. They were primarily aquatic, living in rivers and lakes."

Fossil of Giant Triassic Amphibian Unearthed in Brazil | Sci.News

A new genus and species of temnospondyl amphibian has been described by a team of paleontologists from the Universidade Federal do Pampa, the Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Princeton University and Harvard University.

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