Changes in the capitosaur skull with growth: an extension of the growth series ofParotosuchus aliciae(Amphibia, Temnospondyli) with comments on the otic area of capitosaurs

A species of the family Capitosauridae, previously known only from immature specimens, is now known from an adult which is typically capitosaurian in proportions, although allometrically quite different from the juveniles. It is proposed that the oblique ridge of the pterygoid did not house the stapes in capitosaurs. Instead the stapes passes posterior to the oblique ridge with its distal end only entering the otic notch.