Reptilia - Rhynchosauria - Rhynchosauridae
Alternative combinations: Scaphonyx stockleyi, Supradapedon stockleyi
Full reference: D. Boonstra. 1953. A note on some rhynchosaurian remains from Tanganyika Territory. Annals of the South African Museum 42:1-4
Belongs to Hyperodapedon according to D. Mukherjee and S. Ray 2015
See also Boonstra 1953, Chatterjee 1980 and Langer et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Cephalonia lotziana, Hyperodapedon gordoni, Hyperodapedon huenei, Hyperodapedon huxleyi, Hyperodapedon mariensis, Hyperodapedon sanjuanensis, Hyperodapedon tikiensis, Scaphonyx, Scaphonyx australis, Scaphonyx fischeri
Type specimen: SAM 11704, a maxilla. Its type locality is Tunduru district, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in Tanzania.
Ecology: herbivore
Distribution: found only at Tunduru district
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