Spondylolestes Broom 1937 (parareptile)

Reptilia - Parareptilia - Procolophonidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1937. A further contribution to our knowledge of the fossil reptiles of the Karroo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107(3):299-318

Parent taxon: Procolophonidae according to J. C. Cisneros 2008

See also Carroll 1988, Colbert 1946 and Spencer and Benton 2000

Sister taxa: Acadiella, Coletta, Contritosaurus, Eomurruna, Estheriophagus, Eumetabolodon, Gomphiosauridion, Haligonia, Kitchingnathus, Koiloskiosaurus, Lasasaurus, Leptopleuroninae, Myognathus, Neoprocolophon, Oryporan, Paoteodon, Pentaedrusaurus, Procolophoninae, Procolophonoides, Sauropareion, Smilodonterpeton, Spondylolestidae, Suchonosaurus, Teratophon, Thelegnathus, Thelegnathus browni, Thelephon, Thelerpeton, Tichvinskia, Youngetta

Subtaxa: Spondylolestes rubidgei

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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