Heleosaurus scholtzi Broom 1907 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: R. Broom. 1907. On Some New Fossil Reptiles from the Karroo Beds of Victoria West, South Africa. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 18:31-42

Belongs to Heleosaurus according to R. R. Reisz and S. P. Modesto 2007

See also Broom 1907

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SAM-PK-1070, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Victoria West District (?Abrahamskraal Formation), which is in a Capitanian terrestrial sandstone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Victoria West District (?Abrahamskraal Formation)

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