Thelerpeton oppressus Gow 1977 (parareptile)

Reptilia - Parareptilia - Procolophonidae

Alternative combination: Thelegnathus oppressus

Full reference: C. E. Gow. 1977. New Procolophonids from the Triassic Cynognathus Zone of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 72(6):109-124

Belongs to Thelerpeton according to S.P. Modesto and R. J. Damiani 2003

See also Gow 1977

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BP/1/4538 (formerly BPI 155), a skull. Its type locality is Hugoskop, Rouxville District, which is in an Anisian dry floodplain siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hugoskop, Rouxville District

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