†family Lydekkerinidae Watson 1919 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1919. The structure, evolution and origin of the Amphibia.—The "orders" Rachitomi and Stereospondyli. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 209:1-73

Parent taxon: Superstes according to E. Eltink et al. 2019

See also Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Jeannot et al. 2006, Kuhn 1946, Schoch 2013, Schoch and Milner 2000, Shishkin et al. 2000, Shishkin et al. 1996 and Watson 1919

Sister taxa: Capitosauria, Lapillopsidae, Trematosauria

Subtaxa: Chomatobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Indobenthosuchus panchetensis Luzocephalus Lydekkerina Lydekkerina panchetensis

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (7 collections), Greenland (4), India (2), Madagascar (1), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (5)

• Permian of South Africa (1)

Total: 22 collections including 26 occurrences

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