Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Full reference: P. P. Vaughn. 1971. A Platyhystrix-like amphibian with fused vertebrae, from the Upper Pennsylvanian of Ohio. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):464-469

Parent taxon: Platyhistricinae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Carroll 1988 and Vaughn 1971

Sister taxon: Platyhystrix

Subtaxa: Astreptorhachis ohioensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at 10 miles west of Steubenville (Carboniferous of Ohio)

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