Laidleria Kitching 1957 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: J. W. Kitching. 1957. A new small stereospondylus labyrinthodont from the Triassic beds of South Africa. Palaeontologia Africana 5:67-82

Parent taxon: Trematosauria according to R. R. Schoch 2013

See also Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Kitching 1957, Marsicano and Warren 1998, Schoch and Milner 2000, Warren 1998, Warren and Black 1985 and Yates and Warren 2000

Sister taxa: Metoposauroidea, Trematosauroidea

Subtaxa: Laidleria gracilis

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Type: Laidleria gracilis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Elucwecwe (Triassic of South Africa)

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