Reptilia - Eureptilia - Protorothyrididae
Alternative spelling: Protothyrididae
Full reference: L.I. Price. 1937. Two new cotylosaurs from the Permian of Texas. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 16:97-102
Parent taxon: Eureptilia according to J. Müller and R. R. Reisz 2006
See also Boy and Martens 1991, Carroll 1988, Carroll and Baird 1972, Kuhn 1946, Kuhn 1966, Martens et al. 2005 and Price 1937
Sister taxa: Captorhina, Captorhinidae, Parapsida, Romeriida, Thuringothyris
Subtaxa: Paleothyris Romeriidae
Type: Protorothyris
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (3: Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia collections)
• Carboniferous of Canada (3: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (1), United States (2: Illinois, Ohio)
Total: 9 collections including 14 occurrences