Euparkeria capensis Broom 1913 (archosauromorph)

Reptilia - Diapsida

Synonym: Browniella africana Broom 1913

Belongs to Euparkeria according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016

See also Broom 1913, Charig 1967, Ewer 1965, Huene 1922, Nesbitt 2011 and Rauhut 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Euparkeria capensis: SAM 5867, a skeleton. Its type locality is Euparkeria site, Aliwal North, which is in an Anisian dry floodplain sandstone in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.
  • Browniella africana: SAM 6047B, a partial skeleton (vertebral column, pelvis and femur, parts of shoulder girdle). Its type locality is Euparkeria site, Aliwal North, which is in an Anisian dry floodplain sandstone in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Euparkeria site, Aliwal North

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