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Batrachosuchus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Batrachosuchus Broom p. 501
1915Batrachosuchus Broom p. 365
1919Batrachosuchus Watson p. 68
1925Batrachosuchus Haughton p. 256
1998Batrachosuchus Warren and Marsicano p. 338
2000Batrachosuchus Warren and Marsicano p. 465
2000Batrachosuchus Yates and Warren pp. 84, 104 fig. 1
2003Batrachosuchus Damiani and Rubidge p. 23
2013Batrachosuchus Schoch
2014Batrachosuchus Schoch and Milner p. 101
2023Batrachosuchus Poropat et al. p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyBrachyopidae
genusBatrachosuchus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Batrachosuchus Broom 1903
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†Batrachosuchus browni Broom 1903
†Batrachosuchus concordi Chernin 1977
†Batrachosuchus henwoodi Cosgriff 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Anisian or 252.17000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Australia (Western Australia) Blinasaurus henwoodi (136545 136569)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Zambia (Eastern) B. concordi (99437)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) B. browni (80060) B. sp. (145499)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Free State) B. sp. (144343)