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
Type: Herpetoskylax hopsoni
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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