Palaeos		Eureptilia
Vertebrates		Romeria texana

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Eureptilia: Romeria texana

Abreviated Dendrogram

AMNIOTA
|--SYNAPSIDA
`--+--ANAPSIDA
   |
   `--EUREPTILIA
      |--Coelostegus
      `--+--+--Thuringothyris
          |   `--Captorhinidae
          |     |--Concordia
          |     `--+--Romeria
          |        `--+--Captorhinus
          |            `--Moradisaurinae
          `--+--Brouffia 
            `--Romeriida
               |--Paleothyris                
               `--+--Hylonomus              
                  `--+--Protorothyrididae
                     `--DIAPSIDA

Contents

Overview
Eureptilia
Captorhinidae
     Captorhinidae (2)
     Captorhinidae (3)
     Moradisaurinae
Protorothyrididae
Classification
Dendrogram
References

Facsimile of type specimen of R. texana in oblique lateral view

Facsimile of the type specimen of Romeria texana (MCZ 1480). The smoothness of the dermal bones is due to preparation. Originally these bones were sculptured in a typical captorhinid manner.

Abbreviations: f, frontal; j, jugal; l, lacrimal; m, maxillary; n, nasal; p, parietal; pf, postfrontal; pm, premaxillary; prf, prefrontal; po, postorbital; sq, squamosal.

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