Reptilia - Eureptilia - Protorothyrididae
Alternative combinations: Sauropleura longipes, Tuditanus longipes
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1875. Supplement to the Extinct Batrachia and Reptilia of North America I. Catalogue of the Air Breathing Vertebrata from the Coal Measures of Linton, Ohio. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 15(2):261-278
Belongs to Anthracodromeus according to R. L. Carroll and D. Baird 1972
See also Cope 1875, Cope 1875, Hay 1902 and Moodie 1916
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH 6940 (formerly 1099G), a partial skeleton (almost complete). Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Linton
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