Prolacerta broomi Parrington 1935 (archosauromorph)

Reptilia - Diapsida - Prolacertidae

Synonym: Pricea longiceps Broom and Robinson 1948

Belongs to Prolacerta according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016

See also Broom and Robinson 1948, Chatterjee 1980, Chatterjee 1986, Modesto and Sues 2004 and Nesbitt 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Prolacerta broomi: UMZC 2003.40, a partial skull (incl. mandible). Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.
  • Pricea longiceps: BP/1/471, a skull. Its type locality is Honingkrans, Burgersdorp, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Triassic of Antarctica (4 collections), South Africa (7)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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