Eusauropleura digitata Cope 1868

Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Gephyrostegidae

Alternative combination: Sauropleura digitata

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:208-221

Belongs to Eusauropleura according to R. L. Carroll 1970

See also Carroll et al. 1972, Cope 1868, Cope 1869, Hay 1902, Moodie 1916 and Romer 1930

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AMNH 6865, a partial skeleton (Trunk region, forelimbs, pelvic girdle and rear limbs, proximal end of tail). Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio.

Distribution: found only at Linton

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