Archegosaurus latifrons Geinitz and Deichmüller 1882 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: H. B. Geinitz and J. V. Deichmüller. 1882. Die Saurier der unteren Dyas von Sachsen [Saurians from the Lower Dyas of Saxony]. Palaeontographica 9:1-46

Belongs to Archegosaurus according to H. B. Geinitz and J. V. Deichmüller 1882

Sister taxa: Archegosaurus decheni, Archegosaurus dyscriton

Type specimen: Its type locality is Niederhaslich, which is in a Sakmarian lacustrine limestone in the Niederhäslich-Schweinsdorf Formation of Germany

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Niederhaslich

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