Eohyosaurus Butler et al. 2015 (rhynchosaur)

Reptilia - Rhynchosauria

Full reference: R. J. Butler, M. D. Ezcurra, F. C. Montefeltro, A. Samathi, and G. Sobral. 2015. A new species of basal rhynchosaur (Diapsida: Archosauromorpha) from the early Middle Triassic of South Africa, and the early evolution of Rhynchosauria. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(3):571-588

Parent taxon: Rhynchosauria according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2016

See also Butler et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Howesia, Hyperodapedontidae, Mesosuchidia, Mesosuchus, Noteosuchus, Rhynchosauridae, Rhynchosauroidea

Subtaxa: Eohyosaurus wolvaardti

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Type: Eohyosaurus wolvaardti

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lemoenfontein 44 - Eohyosaurus (Triassic of South Africa)

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