Aphelosaurus Gervais 1858 (archosauromorph)

Reptilia - Protorosauria - Protorosauridae

Full reference: P. Gervais. 1858. Description de l’Aphelosaurus lutevensis, saurien fossile des schistes permiens de Lodève. Annales des Sciences naturelles, 4ème Série, Zoologie 10:233-235

Parent taxon: Protorosauridae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

See also Falconnet 2014 and Osborn 1903

Sister taxa: Malerisaurus, Microcnemus, Thecodontosaurus primus, Tridentinosaurus

Subtaxa: Aphelosaurus lutevensis

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Type: Aphelosaurus lutevensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Les Tuilieres, Lodeve (Permian of France)

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