Peltobatrachus Panchen 1959 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: A. L. Panchen. 1959. A new armoured amphibian from the Upper Permian of East Africa. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 242:207-281

Parent taxon: Stereospondyli according to A. M. Yates and A. Warren 2000

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Arachana, Boreosaurus, Boreosaurus thorslundi, Brachyopoidea, Brachyopomorpha, Capulomala, Chinlestegophis, Cryobatrachus, Cryobatrachus kitchingi, Diadetognathus, Diadetognathus varvicensis, Kryostega, Labyrinthodon panchetensis, Laccocephalus, Laccocephalus insperatus, Mastodonsaurus andriani, Mastodonsaurus fuerstenberganus, Mastodonsaurus indicus, Mastodonsaurus meyeri, Pachygonia, Pachygonia incurvata, Plagiosauroidea, Rhinesuchidae, Rhytidostea, Superstes

Subtaxa: Peltobatrachus pustulatus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Tanzania (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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