Reptilia - Eosuchia - Clevosauridae
Full reference: H.-D. Sues, N. H. Shubin, and P. E. Olsen. 1994. A new sphenodontian (Lepidosauria: Rhynchocephalia) from the McCoy Brook Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Nova Scotia, Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(3):327-340
Belongs to Clevosaurus according to H.-D. Sues et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Clevosaurus brasiliensis, Clevosaurus cambrica, Clevosaurus convallis, Clevosaurus hadroprodon, Clevosaurus hudsoni, Clevosaurus mcgilli, Clevosaurus minor, Clevosaurus sectumsemper, Clevosaurus wangi, Dianosaurus petilus
Type specimen: NSM 988GF1.1, a partial skull. Its type locality is Wasson Bluff, site K, which is in a Hettangian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the McCoy Brook Formation of Canada.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (3: Nova Scotia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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