In Depth
Originally described as an anthracosaur amphibian, Tokosaurus has later been interpreted as a parareptile. In addition to this, Tokosaurus is also considered to be a possible synonym to the genus Macroleter.
Further Reading
- Nikteroletery iz Permskikh Otlozheniy Vostochnoy Evropy [Nycteroleters from the Permian of Eastern Europe]. - Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1984(3):98-111. - G. I. Tverdokhlebova & M. F. Ivakhnenko - 1984. - Impedance-Matching Hearing in Paleozoic Reptiles: Evidence of Advanced Sensory Perception at an Early Stage of Amniote Evolution. - PLoS ONE 2 (9): e889. - Johannes M�ller & Linda A. Tsuji - 2007. - Anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of the nycteroleter parareptiles.- Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32 (1): 45–67. - Linda A. Tsuji, Johannes M�ller & Robert R. Reisz - 2012.
