Micropholis Huxley 1859 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Amphibamidae

Synonym: Petrophryne 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

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

See also Anderson et al. 2008, Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Maddin et al. 2012, Schoch and Rubidge 2005 and Watson 1919

Sister taxa: Amphibamus, Doleserpeton, Platyrhinops, Plemmyradytes, Rubeostratilia

Subtaxa: Micropholis stowi

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Type: Micropholis stowi

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Antarctica (1 collection), South Africa (11)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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