Stephanospondylus

Stephanospondylus
Temporal range: Early Permian 300–289.5 Ma
Bones from the holotype specimen of Stephanospondylus pugnax.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Diadectomorpha
Family: Diadectidae
Genus: Stephanospondylus
Stappenbeck, 1905
Species
  • S. pugnax (Geinitz and Deichmueller, 1882 [originally Phanerosaurus pugnax]) (type)

Stephanospondylus is an extinct genus of diadectid reptiliomorph from the Early Permian of Germany. Fossils have been found in deposits of the Lower Rotliegend near Dresden. The type species S. pugnax was originally referred to the genus Phanerosaurus in 1882 but was placed in its own genus in 1905.