Aspidosaurus glascocki Case 1910 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Full reference: E. C. Case. 1910. New or little known reptiles and amphibians from the Permian (?) of Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28:163-181

Belongs to Aspidosaurus according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Case 1910 and Gee 2018

Sister taxa: Aspidosaurus aphthitos, Aspidosaurus binasser, Aspidosaurus chiton, Aspidosaurus novomexicanus

Type specimen: AMNH 4864, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Cox's Camp, 17 (Belle Plains Formation), which is in an Artinskian terrestrial claystone/limestone in the Belle Plains Formation of Texas.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cox's Camp, 17 (Belle Plains Formation)

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