Taphrognathus Welles 1947 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Plagiosauridae

Full reference: S. P. Welles. 1947. Vertebrates from the Upper Moenkopi Formation of northern Arizona. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27(7):241-294

Parent taxon: Plagiosauridae according to S. P. Welles 1947

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Plagiobatrachus, Plagiosaurinae, Plagiosterninae, Plagiosuchinae

Subtaxa: none

Type: Hadrokkosaurus bradyi

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Taphrognathus in the database

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