Ruthenosaurus Reisz et al. 2011 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Caseasauria - Caseidae

Full reference: R. R. Reisz, H. C. Maddin, J. Fröbisch and J. Falconnet. 2011. A new large caseid (Synapsida, Caseasauria) from the Permian of Rodez (France), including a reappraisal of “Casea” rutena Sigogneau-Russell & Russell, 1974. Geodiversitas 33(2):227-246

Parent taxon: Caseidae according to R. R. Reisz et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Alierasaurus, Angelosaurus, Arisierpeton, Callibrachion, Casea, Caseoides, Caseopsis, Chelichnus, Cotylorhynchus, Datheosaurus, Ennatosaurus, Eocasea, Euromycter, Lalieudorhynchus, Martensius, Oromycter, Phreatophasma, Trichasaurus

Subtaxa: Ruthenosaurus russellorum

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Type: Ruthenosaurus russellorum

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Saint-Christophe-Vallon (Permian of France)

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