Batrachosuchus concordi Chernin 1977 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Full reference: S. Chernin. 1977. A new brachyopid, Batrachosuchus concordi sp. nov. from the Upper Luangwa Valley, Zambia with a redescription of Batrachosuchus browni Broom, 1903. Palaeontologia africana 20:87-109

Belongs to Batrachosuchus according to A. Warren and C. Marsicano 2000

See also Chernin 1977

Sister taxa: Batrachosuchus browni, Batrachosuchus henwoodi

Type specimen: BP/1/ F3728, a partial skull. Its type locality is Locality 15, Upper Luangwa Valley, 3.5 miles west of Sitwe, which is in an Anisian terrestrial mudstone in the Ntawere Formation of Zambia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 15, Upper Luangwa Valley, 3.5 miles west of Sitwe

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