Osteichthyes - Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Alternative combination: Silvadectes absitus
Full reference: D.S. Berman, S.S. Sumida, and T. Martens. 1998. Diadectes (Diadectomorpha: Diadectidae) from the Early Permian of Central Germany, with description of a new species. Annals of Carnegie Museum 67(1):53-93
Belongs to Diadectes according to J. Klembara et al. 2020
See also Berman et al. 1998, Kissel 2010 and Martens et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Diadectes alatus, Diadectes carinatus, Diadectes cretin, Diadectes fissus, Diadectes lentus, Diadectes molaris, Diadectes sideropelicus, Diadectes tenuitectes, Diadectes tenuitectus, Diadectes zenos, Silvadectes, Empedocles alatus
Type specimen: MNG 8853, a skeleton. Its type locality is Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone), which is in an Artinskian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Tambach Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bromacker Quarry (upper level of Tambach sandstone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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