Osteichthyes - Sauropsida - Mesosauridae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1885. A contribution to the vertebrate paleontology of Brazil. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 23(121):1-21
Parent taxon: Mesosauridae according to T. Rossmann 2000
See also Baur 1887, Carroll 1988, Cope 1885, Cope 1886, Gürich 1889, Huene 1941, Karl et al. 2007, Lydekker 1889, Oelofsen and Araujo 1987, Seeley 1892 and Stromer 1914
Sister taxa: Brazilosaurus, Mesosaurus, Mesosaurus pleurogaster, Noteosaurus, Noteosaurus africanus
Subtaxa: Stereosternum tumidum
Ecology: amphibious piscivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Brazil (11 collections), Paraguay (1), South Africa (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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