Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Full reference: A. Fritsch. 1876. Über die Fauna der Gaskohle des Pilsner und Rakonitzer Beckens. Sitzungs-Berichte der koniglichen bohmischen Gellschaft der Wissenschaften Prag 1875:70-78
Parent taxon: Branchiosauridae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Gauthier et al. 1989 and Schoch 2013
Sister taxa: Apateon, Eumicrerpeton, Leptorophus, Melanerpeton, Milnererpeton, Schoenfelderpeton, Tungussogyrininae, Tungussogyrinus
Subtaxa: Branchiosaurus commentryensis Branchiosaurus darrahi Branchiosaurus salamandroides
Type: Branchiosaurus salamandroides
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of the Czech Republic (2 collections)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2), France (2), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
Total: 7 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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