Iberospondylus Laurin and Soler-Gijón 2001 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: M. Laurin and R. Soler-Gijón. 2001. The oldest stegocephalian from the Iberian Peninsula: evidence that temnospondyls were euryhaline. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences - Series III - Sciences de la Vie 324:495-501

Parent taxon: Eryopiformes according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Laurin and Soler-Gijón 2001 and Laurin and Soler-Gijón 2006

Sister taxa: Eryopidae, Stereospondylomorpha

Subtaxa: Iberospondylus schultzei

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Type: Iberospondylus schultzei

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Emma Quarry Amphibian Bed (Carboniferous of Spain)

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