Hwiccewyrm trispiculum Butler et al. 2023 (parareptile)

Reptilia - Parareptilia - Procolophonidae

Full reference: R. J. Butler, L. E. Meade, T. J. Cleary, K. T. McWhirter, E. E. Brown, T. S. Kemp, J. Benito and N. C. Fraser. 2023. Hwiccewyrm trispiculum gen. et sp. nov., a new leptopleuronine procolophonid from the Late Triassic of southwest England. The Anatomical Record 1-31

Belongs to Hwiccewyrm according to R. J. Butler et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMZC 2023.4.1, a partial skull (Articulated anterior portion of skull). Its type locality is Tytherington Quarry, Fissure 2 (Bristol Channel), which is in a Carnian fissure fill limestone/marl in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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