Reptilia - Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
Full reference: C. W. Gilmore. 1928. New Fossil Reptile from the Triassic of New Jersey. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 73(7):1-8
Belongs to Hypsognathus according to H.-D. Sues et al. 2000
See also Colbert 1946, Gilmore 1928 and Hay 1930
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 11643, a partial skeleton (lower jaw and much of the axial skeleton anterior to the pelvic region). Its type locality is Broad Street, Clifton, which is in a Norian/Rhaetian terrestrial sandstone in the Passaic Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection), United States (4: Connecticut, New Jersey)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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