Microposaurus Haughton 1925 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1925. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13). Annals of the South African Museum 22:227-261

Parent taxon: Trematosaurinae according to A. Warren 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Damiani 2004, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Schoch and Milner 2000 and Warren and Black 1985

Sister taxa: Tirraturhinus, Trematosuchoides, Trematosuchus

Subtaxa: Microposaurus averyi Microposaurus casei

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Type: Microposaurus casei

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), South Africa (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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