Reptilia - Parareptilia - Procolophonidae
The generic name is a combination of the Ancient Greek , eos, dawn, and murruna, the name of the extant shingleback skink in the Bidyara language of Queensland. The shingleback skink is a stocky lizard that resembles a procolophonid both in its dentition and its overall appearance. LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4FA81673-0CE1-4BA3-8329-B30EF45CC548.
Full reference: T. Hamley, J. C. Cisneros, and R. Damiani. 2021. A procolophonid reptile from the Lower Triassic of Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192:554-609
Parent taxon: Procolophonidae according to T. Hamley et al. 2020
See also Poropat et al. 2023
Sister taxa: Acadiella, Coletta, Contritosaurus, Estheriophagus, Eumetabolodon, Gomphiosauridion, Haligonia, Kitchingnathus, Koiloskiosaurus, Lasasaurus, Leptopleuroninae, Myognathus, Neoprocolophon, Oryporan, Paoteodon, Pentaedrusaurus, Procolophoninae, Procolophonoides, Sauropareion, Smilodonterpeton, Spondylolestes, Spondylolestidae, Suchonosaurus, Teratophon, Thelegnathus, Thelegnathus browni, Thelephon, Thelerpeton, Tichvinskia, Youngetta
Subtaxa: Eomurruna yurrgensis
Type: Eomurruna yurrgensis
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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