Monster snot otters - Chugutisaurids (old)

A selection of the large Chugutisaurid amphibians, to scale.

This small group ranged across the Gondwana continents from the Late Triassic through to Early Cretaceous. The largest and best known species is Koolasuchus (from fragmentary jaw bones), which was also the latest known Temnospondyl fom Early Cretaceous deposits. Chugutisaurids were from an unrelated branch of amphibians to modern groups, but had a passing resemblence to gigantic wide-headed versions of the living East Asian giant salamanders and hellbender from the USA (the latter is known collaquialy as the snot otter, in reference to their slimy skin).