Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Alternative combinations: Blinasaurus wilkinsoni, Platyceps wilkinsoni
Full reference: M. A. Stephens. 1887. On some additional labyrinthodont fossils from the Hawkesbury sandstones of New South Wales (Platyceps wilkinsoni, and two unnamed specimens). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1:1175-1192
Belongs to Platycepsion according to A. Warren and C. Marsicano 2000
See also Cosgriff 1969, Kuhn 1961, Stephens 1887 and Warren and Marsicano 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NSWGS 12572, a partial skeleton (Skull, pectoral bird, vertebral column and hind limb). Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia.
Distribution: found only at Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll)
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