Alternative spelling: Proterosaurus
Parent taxon: Archosauromorpha according to M. D. Ezcurra 2016
See also Baur 1887, Benton 1985, Carroll 1988, Chatterjee 1980, Chatterjee 1986, Cope 1870, Cope 1871, Cope 1875, d'Orbigny 1849, Geinitz 1848, Gottman-Quesada and Sander 2009, Kuhn 1966, Meyer 1845, Osborn 1903, Owen 1859, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Roemer 1856, Seeley 1880 and Seeley 1887
Sister taxa: Aenigmastropheus, Arctosaurus, Chasmatosuchus vjushkovi, Crocopoda, Czatkowiella, Elessaurus, Exilisuchus, Exilisuchus tubercularis, Gwyneddosaurus, Helveticosauroidea, Jesairosaurus, Mecistotrachelos, Megalancosauridae, Ocolurtaia, Ocolurtaia arquata, Prolacertiformes, Protorosauria, Rhabdopelix longispinis, Tanystropheidae, Teraterpetidae, Teyujagua, Trilophosauridae
Subtaxa: Protorosaurus speneri
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (7 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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