Palaeosauropus primaevus Lea 1849 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Alternative combination: Sauropus primaevus

Belongs to Palaeosauropus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Lucas et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Palaeosauropus antiquior, Palaeosauropus triasicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is South of Pottsville, which is in a Mississippian terrestrial sandstone in the Mauch Chunk Formation of Pennsylvania

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at South of Pottsville

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