Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae
Full reference: J. Fortuny, S. Gastou, F. Escuillié, L. Ranivoharimanana, and J.-S. Steyer. 2017. A new extreme longirostrine temnospondyl from the Triassic of Madagascar: phylogenetic and palaeobiogeographical implications for trematosaurids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16:675-688
Belongs to Aphaneramma according to J. Fortuny et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Aphaneramma kokeni, Aphaneramma rostratum
Type specimen: UA-Amb007, a partial skull (Nearly complete skull preserved in negative relief in an ironstone nodule). Its type locality is Right bank Ifasy River, NE of Anaborano, which is in an Induan/Smithian deltaic siliciclastic in the Middle Sakamena Formation of Madagascar.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Right bank Ifasy River, NE of Anaborano
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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