Saxonerpeton geinitzi Credner 1890 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Microsauria

Alternative combination: Hylonomus geinitzi

Full reference: H. Credner. 1890. Die stegocephalen und Saurier aus dem Rothliegenden des Plauen'schen Grundes bei Dresden, IX Theil. Hylonomus geinitzi Cred. Petrobates truncatus Cred. Discosaurus Permianus Cred. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 42:240-277

Belongs to Saxonerpeton according to R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill 1978

See also Anderson 2001 and Carroll et al. 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: S.370/a and b, a partial skeleton

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Konigin-Carola-Schacht (Permian of Germany)

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