{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = | taxon = Prothoosuchus | authority = Getmanov, 1989 | subdivision = *†''P. blomi'' <small>Getmanov, 1989</small> *†''P. samariensis'' <small>Getmanov, 1989</small> }}

'''''Prothoosuchus''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[trematosauria]]n [[temnospondyl]] within the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Thoosuchidae]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prothoosuchus Getmanov, 1989 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4817236 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Phylogeny== ''Prothoosuchus'' in a [[cladogram]] after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:<ref name=Novikov2018>{{cite book|author=Novikov A.V.|year=2018|url=https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/7de/j85vtubof3mlf81izrqq9u9oh9eb5lrh.pdf|title=Early Triassic amphibians of Eastern Europe: evolution of dominant groups and peculiarities of changing communities|publisher=Moscow: RAS|page=138|lang=ru|isbn=978-5-906906-71-7}} {{cite web|url=https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/7de/j85vtubof3mlf81izrqq9u9oh9eb5lrh.pdf |title=Archive copy |date=December 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208092959/https://new.ras.ru/upload/iblock/7de/j85vtubof3mlf81izrqq9u9oh9eb5lrh.pdf |archive-date=2023-12-08 }}</ref>

{{cladex| style=font-size:100%;line-height:100% |label1=[[Temnospondyli]] |1= {{Barlabel|size=24|at=2|label=[[Lydekkerinidae]]|colour=green|style=font-size:100% |cladogram= {{cladex |1=''[[Luzocephalus]]'' |barbegin1 = green |barend1 = green |2={{cladex |label1=[[Capitosauridae]] |1={{cladex |1={{cladex |1=''[[Samarabatrachus]]'' |2={{cladex |1=''[[Poryolosuchus]]'' |2=''[[Parotosuchus]]'' }} }} |2={{cladex |1=''[[Selenocara]]'' |2={{cladex |1=''[[Wetlugasaurus]]'' |2=''[[Vladlenosaurus]]'' }} }} }} |2= {{Barlabel|size=13|at=1|label=[[Qantasidae]]|colour=violet|style=font-size:100% |cladogram= {{clade |1=''[[Qantas (genus)|Qantas]]'' |barbegin1 = violet |barend1 = violet |2={{clade |label1=[[Trematosauridae]] |1={{clade |1='''''Prothoosuchus''''' |2={{clade |1=''[[Thoosuchus]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Trematotegmen]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Angusaurus]]'' |2={{clade |1=''[[Inflectosaurus]]'' |2=''[[Trematosaurus]]'' }} }} }} }} }} |2= {{Barlabel|size=4|at=1|label=[[Benthosuchidae]]|colour=blue|style=font-size:100% |cladogram= {{cladex |1=''[[Syrtosuchus]]'' |barbegin1 = blue |2={{cladex |1=''[[Benthosuchus]]'' |barend1 = blue |2={{cladex |label1=[[Yarengiidae]] |1={{cladex |1=''[[Vyborosaurus]]'' |2=''[[Yarengia]]'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology}} * [[Prehistoric amphibian]] * [[List of prehistoric amphibians]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

{{Trematosauria|T.}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q7251807}}

[[Category:Trematosauria]]

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