†Galesphyrus Broom 1914 (diapsid)
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Full reference: R. Broom. 1914. Croonian Lecture: On the origin of mammals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character 206:1-48
Parent taxon: Neodiapsida according to C. Bickelmann et al. 2009
See also Benton 1985, Broom 1914, Carroll 1976, Carroll 1988 and Kuhn 1966
Sister taxa: Acallosuchus, Claudiosauridae, Euryapsida, Galesphyridae, Lacertulus, Orovenator, Palaeagama, Sauria, Sauria, Saurosternon, Sphodrosaurus, Weigeltisauridae, Younginiformes
Subtaxa: Galesphyrus capensis
Type: Galesphyrus capensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of South Africa (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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