Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae
Full reference: R. Broom. 1937. A further contribution to our knowledge of the fossil reptiles of the Karroo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107(3):299-318
Belongs to Elliotsmithia according to S. P. Modesto et al. 2001
See also Dilkes and Reisz 1996 and Reisz 1986
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TM 1483, a partial skeleton (skull and mandibles with most of the antorbital region missing, incl. partial hyoid apparatus, cervical vertebrae, ribs fragments and osteoderms). Its type locality is Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert, which is in a Capitanian floodplain sandstone/claystone in the Abrahamskraal Formation of South Africa.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Abrahamskraal, Prince Albert
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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