Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1839. …in dem Muschelkalke der Gegend von Bayreuth gefundenen und der reichhaltigen Kreis-Sammlung angehörigen Saurier-Schädel… […saurian skulls found in the Muschelkalke in the Bayreuth area and belonging to the rich Kreis Collection…]. …saurian skulls found in the Muschelkalke in the Bayreuth area and belonging to the rich Kreis Collection… 1839:699-701
Parent taxon: Pistosauria according to R. B. J. Benson and P. S. Druckenmiller 2014
See also Cope 1871, Cope 1875, d'Orbigny 1849, Kuhn 1971, Lydekker 1889, Meyer 1845, Nopsca 1928, O'Keefe 2001, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Persson 1963, Rieppel 2000 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Augustasaurus, Bobosaurus, Pistosauridae
Subtaxa: Pistosaurus longaevus
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (3 collections), Italy (1), Poland (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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