Deltacephalus Swinton 1956 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

Full reference: W. E. Swinton. 1956. A neorhachitomw amphibian from Madagascar. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 97:60-64

Parent taxon: Lydekkerinidae according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Carroll 1988, Hewison 1996, Shishkin et al. 1996 and Swinton 1956

Sister taxa: Chomatobatrachus, Eolydekkerina, Indobenthosuchus, Indobenthosuchus panchetensis, Luzocephalus, Lydekkerina, Lydekkerina panchetensis

Subtaxa: Deltacephalus whitei

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Type: Deltacephalus whitei

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ambarakaraka (Triassic of Madagascar)

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