Cochleosaurus bohemicus Fritsch 1885

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Cochleosauridae

Alternative combination: Melosaurus bohemicus

Synonyms: Cochleosaurus falax Fritsch 1885, Dendrerpeton deprivatum Fritsch 1885, Dendrerpeton pyriticum Fritsch 1885, Gaudrya latistoma Fritsch 1885, Nyrania trachystoma Fritsch 1885

Full reference: A. Fritsch. 1885. Fauna der Gaskohle under der Kalksteine der Permformatons Bohmens. 2(1)

Belongs to Cochleosaurus according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Schoch 2013, Sequeira 2004 and Steen 1938

Sister taxon: Cochleosaurus florensis

Type specimens:

  • Cochleosaurus bohemicus: NMP M1268, a skull (skull in dorsal view, lacking the anterior snout). Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.
  • Cochleosaurus falax:
  • Dendrerpeton deprivatum:
  • Dendrerpeton pyriticum:
  • Gaudrya latistoma: Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.
  • Nyrania trachystoma: Its type locality is Nyrany, which is in a Westphalian D lacustrine coal in the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic.

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 4 occurrences

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