Full reference: T. R. Smithson and W. D. I. Rolfe. 1990. Westlothiana gen. nov.: naming the earliest known reptile. Scottish Journal of Geology 26:137-138
Parent taxon: Tetrapoda according to J. A. Clack and A. R. Milner 2015
See also Smithson and Rolfe 1990 and Vallin and Laurin 2004
Sister taxa: Acanthostegidae, Aistopoda, Amphibia, Antlerpeton, Austrobrachyops, Austrobrachyops jenseni, Aytonerpeton, Baphetoidea, Brittagnathus, Caerorhachidae, Casineria, Characichnos, Chroniosuchia, Collettosaurus, Colosteidae, Crassigyrinidae, Crucipes, Diploradus, Dipodiscus, Doragnathus, Eldeceeon, Embolomeri, Erpetopus, Hemispondyla, Janusichnus, Janusichnus bifrons, Kirktonecta, Koilops, Laoporus, Limnosceloides, Limnosceloides brachycoles, Limnosceloides dunkardensis, Lunaepes, Merifontichnus, Mesanerpeton, Microsauropus, Miosauria, Namuncurania malarguense, Nasopus grimmi, Nothosaurops occiduus, Ossirarus, Paleosauropus, Parmastega, Perittodus, Plesiosaurus vaccinsulensis, Polyptychodon mackesoni, Reniformichnus, Reptiliomorpha, Romeriscus, Romeriscus periallus, Saurichnium parallelum, Sigournea, Silvanerpeton, Solenodonsaurus, Solidopus, Solidopus perissodactylus, Tambachichnium, Tantallognathus, Tetrapodium, Thecodontichnus, Theriodesmus, Typopus, Wangwusaurus, Wangwusaurus tayuensis, Whatcheeriidae
Subtaxa: Westlothiana lizziae
Type: Westlothiana lizziae
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at East Kirkton site (Units 70-82: East Kirkton Limestone) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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