Herpetoskylax Sidor and Rubidge 2006 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Full reference: C. A. Sidor and B. S. Rubidge. 2006. Herpetoskylax hopsoni, a new biarmosuchian (Therapsida: Biarmosuchia) from the Beaufort Group of South Africa. Amniote Paleobiology: Perspectives on the Evolution of Mammals, Birds, and Reptiles 76-113

Parent taxon: Biarmosuchia according to C. A. Sidor and R. M. H. Smith 2007

See also Sidor and Rubidge 2006

Sister taxa: Biarmosuchidae, Biarmosuchus, Burnetiamorpha, Hipposauridae, Hipposaurus, Ictidorhinus, Lycaenodon, Rubidgina, Rubidgina angusticeps, Wantulignathus

Subtaxa: Herpetoskylax hopsoni

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Type: Herpetoskylax hopsoni

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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