Lydekkerina Broom 1915 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae

Synonyms: Broomulus Romer 1947, Limnoiketes Parrington 1948, Putterillia Broom 1915

Full reference: R. Broom. 1915. On the Triassic stegocephalians, Brachyops, Bothriceps, and Lydekkerina, gen. nov. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915:363-368

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

See also Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Jeannot et al. 2006, Schoch 2013, Schoch and Milner 2000, Shishkin et al. 1996, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000

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

Subtaxa: Lydekkerina huxleyi Lydekkerina kitchingi

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Type: Bothriceps huxleyi

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), South Africa (4)

• Permian of South Africa (1)

Total: 6 collections including 10 occurrences

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