Aspidosaurus chiton Broili 1904 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Type specimen was destroyed in 1944 by bombing raid on Munich.

Belongs to Aspidosaurus according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

Sister taxa: Aspidosaurus aphthitos, Aspidosaurus binasser, Aspidosaurus glascocki, Aspidosaurus novomexicanus

Type specimen: BSP material. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation)

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