Stoschiosaurus nielseni Säve-Söderbergh 1935 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Full reference: G. Säve-Söderbergh. 1935. On the dermal bones of the head in labyrinthodont stegocephalians and primitive Reptilia, with special reference to Eotriassic stegocephalians from East Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 98(3):1-211

Belongs to Stoschiosaurus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Säve-Söderbergh 1935

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGUH VP At.6, a partial skull (Internal cast of a skull lacking the most anterior parts of the snout). Its type locality is Cape Stosch, Ridge VIII-IX, Myalina kochi horizon, which is in an Induan coastal claystone/sandstone in the Wordy Creek Formation of Greenland.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cape Stosch, Ridge VIII-IX, Myalina kochi horizon

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