Palaeagama vielhaueri Broom 1926 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosuchia

Full reference: R. Broom. 1926. On a nearly complete skeleton of a new eosuchian reptile (Palaeagama vielhaueri, gen. et sp. nov.). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1926:487-491

Belongs to Palaeagama according to R. Estes 1983

See also Carroll 1975

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MMK 3707, a partial skeleton (nearly complete specimen). Its type locality is Mount Frere, which is in a Changhsingian/Induan terrestrial sandstone in South Africa.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mount Frere

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