Apsisaurus witteri Laurin 1991 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: M. Laurin. 1991. The osteology of a Lower Permian eosuchian from Texas and a review of diapsid phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101(1):59-95

Belongs to Apsisaurus according to R. R. Reisz et al. 2010

See also Laurin 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 1474, a partial skeleton (partial skull, partial vertebral column, and partial fore and hindlimb). Its type locality is Archer City Bonebed 1 (Putnam Fm.), which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Archer City Formation of Texas.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Archer City Bonebed 1 (Putnam Fm.)

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