Ophidostoma Huttenlocker and Smith 2017 (therapsid)

Osteichthyes - Therocephalia

Full reference: A. K. Huttenlocker and R. M. H. Smith. 2017. New whaitsioids (Therapsida: Therocephalia) from the Teekloof Formation of South Africa and therocephalian diversity during the end Guadalupian extinction. PeerJ 5:e3868

Parent taxon: Whaitsioidea according to A. K. Huttenlocker and R. M. H. Smith 2017

Sister taxa: Hofmeyria, Ictidostoma, Whaitsiidae

Subtaxa: Ophidostoma tatarinovi

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Type: Ophidostoma tatarinovi

Ecology: carnivore

Distribution: found only at Good Luck (Matjiesfontein 412), Cistecephalus Assemblage Zone (Permian of South Africa)

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