Reptilia - Eureptilia - Protorothyrididae
Synonym: Fritschia Dawson 1882
Full reference: J. W. Dawson. 1860. On a Terrestrial Mollusk, a Chilognathous Myriapod, and some New Species of Reptiles, from the Coal-Formation of Nova Scotia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16:268-277
Parent taxon: Romeriidae according to R. L. Carroll 1964
See also Carroll 1988, Dawson 1882, Haubold et al. 2005, Hay 1902 and Moodie 1916
Sister taxa: Anthracodromeus, Brouffia, Cephalerpeton, Coelostegus, Protorothyris
Subtaxa: Hylonomus acuminatus Hylonomus latidens Hylonomus lyelli Hylonomus wymani
Type: Hylonomus lyelli
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nova Scotia collections), the Czech Republic (1)
Total: 3 collections including 6 occurrences
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