Introduction Several hundred specimens of Discosauriscus have been found in the Lower Permian deposits of Central and West Europe. Only about five specimens represent the early juvenile stage.
Most specimens represent the metamorphic stage.
There is no kinetic line between the skull table and the cheek. The jugal is exposed on the ventral skull margin. There was no interpremaxillary fenestra. The labyrinthine infolding characteristic of many early terrestrial vertebrates only appears in the late larval stage. One to four palatal tusts can be found on each vomer, and one to five on the palatine.