Chenoprosopus Mehl 1913 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Full reference: M. G. Mehl. 1913. A description of Chenoprosopus milleri gen. et sp. nov. Permo-Carboniferous Vertebrates from New Mexico. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 181:11-16

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

See also Boy 1990, Carroll 1988, Mehl 1913, Schoch 2013, Sequeira 2004 and Sidor et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Adamanterpeton, Cochleosaurinae, Cochleosaurus, Nigerpeton, Procochleosaurus

Subtaxa: Chenoprosopus milleri

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Type: Chenoprosopus milleri

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (6: New Mexico collections)

• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: Texas)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: New Mexico)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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