Ianthasaurus Reisz and Berman 1986 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Edaphosauridae

Full reference: R. R. Reisz and D. S. Berman. 1986. Ianthasaurus hardestii n. sp., a primitive edaphosaur (Reptilia, Pelycosauria) from the Upper Pennsylvanian Rock Lake Shale near Garnett, Kansas. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 23(1):77-91

Parent taxon: Edaphosauridae according to D. M. Mazierski and R. R. Reisz 2010

See also Carroll 1988, Modesto and Reisz 1990, Reisz and Berman 1986 and Spindler 2015

Sister taxa: Bohemiclavulus, Edaphosaurus, Glaucosaurus, Gordodon, Naosaurus raymondi, Ramodendron, Remigiomontanus

Subtaxa: Ianthasaurus hardestiorum

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (2: Colorado, Kansas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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