SOUTH AFRICA

EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE

BETHULIE DISTRICT

BETHAL FARM

CYNOGNATHUS ZONE

SPATHIAN STAGE

UPPERMOST SCYTHIAN EPOCH TO ANISIAN STAGE

LOWERMOST MID TRIASSIC EPOCH

EARLY TO MIDDLE TRIASSIC

STEM: TETRAPODA GOODRICH, 1930

SUPERCLASS: AMNIOTA HAECKEL, 1866

CLASS: AMPHIBIA LINNAEUS, 1758

SUBCLASS: LABYRINTHODONTIA OWEN, 1860

SUPERORDER: TEMNOSPONDYLIA ZITTEL, 1887

MICROORDER: LIMNARCHIA YATES & WARREN, 2000

ORDER: TREMATOSAURIA PIVETEAU, 1955

Superfamily: TREMATOSAUROIDEA Watson, 1919 (sensu Save-Soderbergh, 1935)

Family: PLATYSTEGIDAE Schoch & Milner, 2000

Microposaurus casei

ORDER: BRACHYOPOMORPHA WARREN & MARSICANO, 2000

SUBORDER: BRACHYOPOIDEA ROMER, 1947

Superfamily: BRACHYOPOIDEA Lydekker, 1885 (sensu Save-Soderbergh, 1935)

Family: BRACHYOPIDAE Lydekker, 1885

Batrachosuchus sp