Osteichthyes - Synapsida - Varanopidae

Synonyms: Basicranodon fortsillensis Vaughn 1958, Eumatthevia bolli Broom 1930

Full reference: S. W. Williston. 1915. A new genus and species of American Theromorpha: Mycterosaurus longiceps. Journal of Geology 23(6):554-559

Belongs to Mycterosaurus according to A. S. Romer and L. I. Price 1940

See also Broom 1930, Hay 1930, Reisz 1986, Reisz et al. 1997 and Williston 1915

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Mycterosaurus longiceps: FMNH UC 692, a partial skeleton (skull and few postcrania). Its type locality is Mitchell Creek, 29 (Waggoner Ranch Formation), which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian terrestrial limestone/shale in the Waggoner Ranch Formation of Texas.
• Basicranodon fortsillensis: USNM 21859, a partial skull (most of the parasphenoid-basisphenoid complex). Its type locality is Richards Spur, which is in an Artinskian fissure fill claystone/conglomerate in Oklahoma.
• Eumatthevia bolli: AMNH Cope Coll. 7002, a partial skeleton (partial skull, the greater part of both scapule, partial anterior limbs, a small part of the pelvis, much of one hind-limb, probably most of the vertebra). Its type locality is "Copper Shept", which is in an Artinskian/Kungurian terrestrial horizon in Texas.

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