Saurosternon Huxley 1868 (diapsid)

Reptilia - Eosuchia

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1868. On Saurosternon Bainii, and Pristerodon McKayi, two new fossil lacertilian reptiles from South Africa. Geological Magazine 47:201-205

Parent taxon: Neodiapsida according to C. Bickelmann et al. 2009

See also Benton 1985, Broom 1913, Carroll 1988, Estes 1983 and Gauthier et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Acallosuchus, Claudiosauridae, Euryapsida, Galesphyridae, Galesphyrus, Lacertulus, Orovenator, Palaeagama, Sauria, Sauria, Sphodrosaurus, Weigeltisauridae, Younginiformes

Subtaxa: Saurosternon bainii

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Type: Saurosternon bainii

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Stylkrantz, Sniewe Berg (Dicynodon AZ) (Permian of South Africa)

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