Owenetta rubidgei Broom 1939 (parareptile)

Reptilia - Parareptilia - Owenettidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1939. A New Type of Cotylosaurian, Owenetta rubidgei. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(3):319-321

Belongs to Owenetta according to S. P. Modesto and R. Damiani 2007

See also Broom 1939, Colbert 1946 and Reisz and Scott 2002

Sister taxon: Colubrifer campi

Type specimen: RC 50 (Rubidge Collection, Wellwood Museum, Graaff-Reinet), a skull. Its type locality is New Bethesda Commonage, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian terrestrial horizon in the Balfour Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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