Osteichthyes - Recumbirostra - Gymnarthridae
Full reference: R. Owen. 1862. Description of Specimens of Fossil Reptilia discovered in the Coal-measures of the South Joggins, Nova Scotia, by Dr. J. W. Dawson, FGS, etc. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 18:238-244
Parent taxon: Gymnarthridae according to R. L. Carroll et al. 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Hay 1902 and Moodie 1916
Sister taxa: Bolterpeton, Cardiocephalus, Elfridia, Euryodus, Goniorhynchus, Leiocephalikon, Pariotichus, Sparodus, Stegotretus
Subtaxa: Hylerpeton dawsoni Hylerpeton longidentatum
Type: Hylerpeton dawsoni
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Coal Mine Point; Divison 4, Section XV, coal-group 15 (Carboniferous of Nova Scotia)
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