Araeoscelis casei Broom 1913 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Araeoscelidia - Araeoscelidae

Alternative combination: Ophiodeirus casei

Full reference: R. Broom. 1913. On the structure and affinities of Bolosaurus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 32:509-516

Belongs to Araeoscelis according to P. P. Vaughn 1955

See also Broom 1913 and Hay 1930

Sister taxon: Araeoscelis gracilis

Type specimen: AMNH 4685, a skull. Its type locality is Mouth of Godwin Creek, which is in an Artinskian terrestrial conglomerate in the Nocona Formation of Texas.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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