Synonym: Sauropus Lea 1849 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1902. Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179:1-868
Parent taxon: Temnospondyli according to H. Haubold 1971
See also Biron and Dutuit 1981, Haubold 1974 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Almasauroidea, Anthichnium, Archegosauriformes, Archegosauroidea, Arkanserpeton, Arkanserpeton arcuatum, Baropezia, Capetus, Colosteoidea, Edopoidea, Edopsoidea, Episcopopus, Eurycervix, Euskelia, Eutemnospondyli, Hemiprichisaurus, Hesperoherpeton, Hylopus, Ichthyostegalia, Labyrinthodon laniarius, Labyrinthodon pachygnathus, Labyrinthodon ventricosus, Limnarchia, Lissamphibia, Lysipterygiidae, Megapezia, Miobatrachus, Nanopus, Orthosauriscus, Otuminisaurus, Otuminisaurus limensis, Palatinerpeton, Petrophryne major, Phrynosuchus, Phrynosuchus whaitsi, Pleuronoura, Porierpeton, Ptychosphenodon, Ptychosphenodon browni, Rhinesuchoidea, Rileymillerus, Saharastega, Saurischiocomes, Saurischiocomes keuperinus, Syphonodon, Syphonodon thecomastodon, Temnocorpichnus, Zatrachys conchigerus
Subtaxa: Palaeosauropus antiquior Palaeosauropus primaevus Palaeosauropus triasicus
Type: Sauropus primaevus
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Morocco (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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