Limnogyrinus edani Werneburg 1989 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Full reference: R. Werneburg. 1989. Die Amphibienfauna der Manebacher Schichten (Unterrotliegendes, Unterperm) des Thuringer Waldes. Veroffentlichungen des Naturhistorischen Museum Schleusingen 4:55-68

Belongs to Limnogyrinus according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Werneburg 1989

Sister taxon: Limnogyrinus elegans

Type specimen: FG 321/8/157, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Thuringer Wald, which is in an Autunian terrestrial horizon in Germany.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Thuringer Wald

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