Howesia Broom 1905 (rhynchosaur)

Reptilia - Rhynchosauria

Full reference: R. Broom. 1905. Preliminary notice of some new fossil Reptiles collected by Mr. Alfred Brown at Aliwal North, S. Africa. Records of the Albany Museum 1(4):269-275

Parent taxon: Rhynchosauria according to M. D. Ezcurra et al. 2016

See also Benton 1985, Carroll 1988, Dilkes 1995, Mukherjee and Ray 2015 and Watson 1917

Sister taxa: Eohyosaurus, Hyperodapedontidae, Mesosuchidia, Mesosuchus, Noteosuchus, Rhynchosauridae, Rhynchosauroidea

Subtaxa: Howesia browni

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Type: Howesia browni

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: found only at Aliwal North Area, Cynognathus B (Triassic of South Africa)

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