Osteophorus Meyer 1856 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Eryopidae

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1856. Über Osteophorus roemeri aus dem Rothliegenden von Klien-Neundorf in Schlesien. Palaeontographica 7:99-104

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

See also Carroll 1988, Meyer 1856 and Watson 1919

Sister taxa: Clamorosaurus, Eryops, Glaukerpeton, Onchiodon

Subtaxa: Osteophorus roemeri

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Type: Osteophorus roemeri

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mala Dolna Weiz, near Lwówek Śląski ( of Poland)

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