Microposaurus Haughton 1925 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Trematosauridae

Full reference: S. H. Haughton. 1925. Investigations in South African fossil reptiles and amphibians (Part 13). Annals of the South African Museum 22:227-261

Parent taxon: Trematosaurinae according to A. Warren 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Damiani 2004, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Poropat et al. 2023, Schoch and Milner 2000 and Warren and Black 1985

Sister taxa: Tirraturhinus, Trematosuchoides, Trematosuchus

Subtaxa: Microposaurus averyi Microposaurus casei

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Type: Microposaurus casei

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), South Africa (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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