Amphibia - Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Synonym: Cuttysarkus Estes 1964
Full reference: R. Estes. 1964. Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49:1-187
Parent taxon: Batrachosauroididae according to D. G. DeMar 2013
See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Estes 1964, Estes 1965, Estes 1969, Estes 1981, Estes and Berberian 1970 and Naylor 1979
Sister taxa: Batrachosauroides, Opisthotriton, Palaeoproteus, Parrisia, Peratosauroides
Subtaxa: Prodesmodon copei
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: Colorado, Montana collections)
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (24: Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 29 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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