Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1925. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13). Annals of the South African Museum 22:227-261
Belongs to Microposaurus according to R. Damiani 2004
See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925 and Schoch and Milner 2000
Sister taxon: Microposaurus averyi
Type specimen: SAM-PK-6556, a skull. Its type locality is Wonderboom Bridge, Burgersdorp, Farm Cragievar, which is in an Anisian terrestrial mudstone/siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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