Suggested syntypes: ROM 29872, disarticulated subadult skeleton; ROM 43602, crushed skull; ROM 43604 disarticulated mature skeleton; ROM 43606, mostly articulated half of a skull (see Laurin 1993). Referred specimens (Fig. 4.14 ‐ 4.16): ROM 30099, hemi‐mandible (see Laurin, 1993, Fig. 10 A, B); CM 71559, skull and clavicle, currently under description (courtesy of D. Berman, Pittsburgh); and tentatively RM 14,156(a), immature skeleton, previous holotype of “Haptodus” garnettensis, assigned as a potential juvenile of Eohaptodus. - (Spindler, 2015)
Alternative combination: Eohaptodus garnettensis
Full reference: P. Currie. 1977. A New Haptodontine Sphenacodont (Reptilia: Pelycosauria) from the Upper Pennsylvanian of North America. Journal of Paleontology 51(5):927-942
Belongs to Haptodus according to M. W. Laurin 1993
See also Currie 1977, Reisz 1986 and Spindler 2015
Sister taxon: Haptodus baylei
Type specimen: RM 14156, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Garnett Quarry, which is in a Missourian fine channel fill mudstone in the Stanton Formation of Kansas.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Garnett Quarry
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