Cochleosaurus florensis Rieppel 1980 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Full reference: O. Rieppel. 1980. The edopoid amphibian Cochleosaurus from the middle Pennsylvanian of Nova Scotia. Palaeontology 23:143-150

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

See also Sequeira 2004

Sister taxon: Cochleosaurus bohemicus

Type specimen: MCZ 4343, a skull. Its type locality is Dominion Coal Co. strip mine No. 7, which is in a Westphalian C/Westphalian D mire/swamp coal/shale in Canada.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dominion Coal Co. strip mine No. 7

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