Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Full reference: R. Broom. 1903. On a new Stegocephalian (Batrachosuchus browni) from the Karroo Beds of Aliwal North, South Africa. Geological Magazine, New Series, Decade IV 10(11):499-501
Parent taxon: Brachyopidae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Broom 1903, Broom 1915, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Poropat et al. 2023, Schoch 2013, Warren and Marsicano 1998, Warren and Marsicano 2000, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Banksiops, Bathignathus, Blinasaurus, Bothriceps, Brachyops, Ferganobatrachus, Gobiops, Notobrachyops, Platycepsion, Sinobrachyops, Vanastega, Vigilius, Xenobrachyops
Subtaxa: Batrachosuchus browni Batrachosuchus concordi Batrachosuchus henwoodi
Type: Batrachosuchus browni
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (2 collections), South Africa (3), Zambia (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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