Microposaurus averyi Warren 2012 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Full reference: A. Warren. 2012. The South African stereospondyl Microposaurus from the Middle Triassic of the Sydney Basin, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(3):538-544

Belongs to Microposaurus according to A. Warren 2012

Sister taxon: Microposaurus casei

Type specimen: AM F.135895, a partial skull (Anterior half of skull with attached mandibles). Its type locality is 7km SE of Picton, which is in an Anisian marine claystone in the Ashfield Shale Formation of Australia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at 7km SE of Picton

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