Coelostegus prothales Carroll and Baird 1972 (eureptile)

Reptilia - Eureptilia - Protorothyrididae

Full reference: R. L. Carroll and D. Baird. 1972. Carboniferous Stem-Reptiles of the Family Romeriidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 143(5):321-363

Belongs to Coelostegus according to R. L. Carroll and D. Baird 1972

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ČGH 3027, a partial skeleton (axial skeleton and girdles of an immature individual). Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of Czechia.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nyrany

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