Erpetosaurus Cope 1874 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Parent taxon: Dvinosauria according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Dawsonerpeton, Dvinosauroidea, Eugyrinus, Laidleriidae, Neldasaurus, Saurerpetontidae, Timonya, Trimerorhachidae, Trimerorhachoidea, Trypanognathus

Subtaxa: Erpetosaurus radiatus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Linton (Carboniferous of Ohio)

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