Odenwaldia heidelbergensis Morales and Kamphausen 1984 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: M. Morales and D. Kamphausen. 1984. Odenwaldia heidelbergensis, a new benthosuchid stegocephalian from the Middle Buntsandstein of the Odenwald, Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1984(11):673-683

Belongs to Odenwaldia according to R. R. Schoch 2011

See also Damiani 2001, Morales and Kamphausen 1984 and Schoch and Milner 2000

Sister taxon: Parotosaurus lapparenti

Type specimen: GPIH SMO 1, a skull. Its type locality is Waldkatzenbach am Katzenbuckel, which is in a Spathian terrestrial horizon in the Hardegsen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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