Parotosuchus is an extinct genus of capitosaurian temnospondyls within the family Mastodonsauridae.

Fossils are known from the Early Triassic of Europe, Africa, Australia, and Antarctica.

It was about 2 metres (6.6 ft) long and likely lived in aquatic environments such as lakes and rivers.

Because the name Parotosuchus was erected earlier than Archotosaurus, it has priority.

[6] Parotosuchus in a cladogram after Novikov (2018) with only Early Triassic Eastern Europe taxa included:[7] Luzocephalus Samarabatrachus Poryolosuchus Parotosuchus Selenocara Wetlugasaurus Vladlenosaurus Qantas Prothoosuchus Thoosuchus Trematotegmen Angusaurus Inflectosaurus Trematosaurus Syrtosuchus Benthosuchus Vyborosaurus Yarengia