Palaeagama Broom 1926 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosuchia

Full reference: R. Broom. 1926. On a nearly complete skeleton of a new eosuchian reptile (Palaeagama vielhaueri, gen. et sp. nov.). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926:487-491

Parent taxon: Neodiapsida according to C. Bickelmann et al. 2009

See also Benton 1985, Carroll 1988, Estes 1983, Ezcurra et al. 2014 and Gauthier et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Acallosuchus, Claudiosauridae, Euryapsida, Galesphyridae, Galesphyrus, Lacertulus, Orovenator, Sauria, Sauria, Saurosternon, Sphodrosaurus, Weigeltisauridae, Younginiformes

Subtaxa: Palaeagama vielhaueri

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Type: Palaeagama vielhaueri

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Mount Frere (Permian of South Africa)

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