Aerosaurus wellesi Langston and Reisz 1981 (synapsid)

Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Full reference: W. Langston and R. R. Reisz. 1981. Aerosaurus wellesi, new species, a varanopseid mammal-like reptile (Synapsida: Pelycosauria) from the Lower Permian of New Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 1(1):73-96

Belongs to Aerosaurus according to W. Langston and R. R. Reisz 1981

See also Reisz 1986

Sister taxon: Aerosaurus greenleeorum

Type specimen: UCMP 40096, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is UCMP V-2814, which is in a Virgilian/Wolfcamp terrestrial siltstone in the Abo/Cutler Formation of New Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at UCMP V-2814

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