Osteichthyes - Cotylosauria - Diadectidae
Alternative combination: Diasparactus zenos
Full reference: E. C. Case. 1910. New or little known reptiles and amphibians from the Permian (?) of Texas. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28:163-181
Belongs to Diadectes according to R. Kissel 2010
See also Carroll et al. 1972, Case 1910, Case and Williston 1913, Hay 1930 and Kissel and Lehman 2002
Sister taxa: Diadectes absitus, Diadectes alatus, Diadectes carinatus, Diadectes cretin, Diadectes fissus, Diadectes lentus, Diadectes molaris, Diadectes sideropelicus, Diadectes tenuitectes, Diadectes tenuitectus, Silvadectes, Empedocles alatus
Type specimen: AMNH 4797, a set of vertebrae (including the sacral and a few presacral vertebrae)
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: New Mexico collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: New Mexico, Oklahoma)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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