†Micropholis stowi Huxley 1859 (tetrapod)
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Amphibamidae
Synonym: Petrophryne granulata Owen 1876
Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1859. On some Amphibian and Reptilian Remains from South Africa and Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15:642-649
Belongs to Micropholis according to R. R. Schoch and B. S. Rubidge 2005
See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Owen 1876, Schoch 2013 and Watson 1913
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Micropholis stowi: BMNH R.4382, a partial skull. Its type locality is Rhenosterberg (Lystrosaurus Assemblage Zone), which is in an Induan terrestrial siliciclastic in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.
- Petrophryne granulata: BMNH R510, a skull. Its type locality is Donnybrook (Queenstown District), which is in an Induan/Olenekian fluvial mudstone in the Katberg Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Antarctica (1 collection), South Africa (11)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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