Xyrospondylus Reisz et al. 1982 (pelycosaur)

Osteichthyes - Pelycosauria

Full reference: R. R. Reisz, M. J. Heaton, and B. R. Pynn. 1982. Vertebrate Fauna of Late Pennsylvanian Rock Lake Shale near Garnett, Kansas: Pelycosauria. Journal of Paleontology 56(3):741-750

Parent taxon: Pelycosauria according to R. R. Reisz et al. 1982

See also Carroll 1988 and Reisz 1986

Sister taxa: Caseamorpha, Echinerpeton, Edaphosauria, Lupeosaurus, Milosaurus, Nitosaurus, Ophiacodontia, Protoclepsydrops

Subtaxa: Xyrospondylus ecordi

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Garnett Quarry (Carboniferous of Kansas)

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