#cyclotosaurus

[xiaomao-ai-wo]

From this extinct order of tetrapods "often considered primitive amphibians"

I went down a wiki hole so you get to also!

Temnospondyli - Wikipedia

I picked this one :)

Cyclotosaurus

[superiortrash]

ideal blunt rotation

[crystaluranium]

Okay so posting another hypothetical vivosaurs sheet, except this time the theme is amphibians :)

diplocaulus - air type prionosuchus - earth type koolasuchus - neutral type oestocephalus - air type cyclotosaurus - water type gerrothorax - fire type

[apsaravis]

A dead cyclotosaur. Work in progress:D

[palaeopedia]

The round-eard lizard, Cyclotosaurus (1889)

Phylum : Chordata Class : Amphibia Order : Temnospondyli Superfamily : Capitosauroidea Family : Mastodonsauridae Genus : Cyclotosaurus Species : C. robustus, C. posthumus, C. papilio, C. ebrachensis, C. hemprichi

Late Triassic (225 - 220 Ma)

4,3 m long and 95 kg (size)

Europe, Greenland and Asia (map)

he golden age of amphibians was ushered in by the "temnospondyls," a family of massive swamp-dwellers typified by the amusingly named Mastodonsaurus. The remains of Cyclotosaurus, a close Mastodonsaurus relative, have been found across an unusually wide geographical span, ranging from western Europe to Greenland to Thailand, and as far as we know it was one of the last of the temnospondyls. (Amphibians started to dwindle in population by the start of the Jurassic period, a downward spiral that continues today.)

As with Mastodonsaurus, the most notable feature of Cyclotosaurus was its large, flat, alligator-like head, which looked vaguely whimsical when attached to its relatively puny amphibian trunk. Like other amphibians of its day, Cyclotosaurus probably made its living by prowling the shoreline snapping up various marine organisms (fish, mollusks, etc.) as well as the occasional small lizard or mammal.