Sclerocephalus Goldfuss 1847 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Synonyms: Lusor Steen 1938, Pfarrwaldia Krätschmer 2004 [objective synonym], Raumbachia Krätschmer 2004, Rehbornia Krätschmer 2004, Weissia Branco 1887

Parent taxon: Stereospondylomorpha according to R. R. Schoch 2013

See also Carroll 1988, Klembara and Steyer 2012, Schoch and Milner 2000, Schoch and Sobral 2021, Schoch and Witzmann 2009, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000

Sister taxa: Archegosaurus, Cheliderpeton, Glanochthon, Konzhukoviidae, Korkonterpeton, Sclerocephalidae, Stereospondyli

Subtaxa: Sclerocephalus bavaricus Sclerocephalus concordiae Sclerocephalus credneri Sclerocephalus haeuseri Sclerocephalus jogischneideri Sclerocephalus nobilis Sclerocephalus stambergi

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Germany (25)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Germany (1)

Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences

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