†Microposaurus Haughton 1925 (tetrapod)
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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
Type: Microposaurus casei
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), South Africa (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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