Diplocaulus brevirostris Olson 1951 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Nectridea - Diplocaulidae

Full reference: E. C. Olson. 1951. Diplocaulus, a Study in Growth and Variation. Fieldiana: Geology 11(2):57-154

Belongs to Diplocaulus according to E. C. Olson 1951

See also Carroll et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Diplocaulus copei, Diplocaulus magnicornis, Diplocaulus minimus, Diplocaulus parvus, Diplocaulus primus, Diplocaulus recurvatus, Diplocaulus salamandroides

Type specimen: AMNH 4470, a skull. Its type locality is Coffee Creek, 34 (Arroyo Formation), which is in a Kungurian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Arroyo Formation of Texas.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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