Tersomius mosesi Olson 1970 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micropholidae

Full reference: E. C. Olson. 1970. New and little known genera and species of vertebrates from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Fieldiana: Geology 18(3):359-434

Belongs to Tersomius according to E. Daly 1973

Sister taxa: Tersomius dolesensis, Tersomius texensis

Type specimen: FMNH UR 1214, a skull (+postcranial scrap). Its type locality is Norman, which is in a Kungurian fluvial-lacustrine shale/shale in the Hennessey Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Norman

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