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EOCYCLOTOSAURUS
(e-o-cy-clot-o-sore-us)
meaning: "dawn round eared lizard"
Eocyclotosaurus
Named By: Ortlam in 1970
Time Period: Middle Triassic
Location: England - Otter Sandstone Formation. USA, Arizona - Moenkopi Formation (Holbrook Member)
Size: Skull 22 centimetres long, total body length about 1 meter long
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Fossil(s): At least one skull
Classification: | Chordata | Amphibia | Temnospondyli | Mastodonsauroidea | Heylerosauridae |
Also known as: | Moenkopisaurus | Stenotosaurus lehmani |
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Eocyclotosaurus is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl from the Middle Triassic (Anisian). It measured over 1 metre and had a 22 cm skull.

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