Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Alternative combinations: Blinasaurus wilkinsoni, Platyceps wilkinsoni
Full reference: M. A. Stephens. 1887. On some additional labyrinthodont fossils from the Hawkesbury sandstones of New South Wales (Platyceps wilkinsoni, and two unnamed specimens). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1:1175-1192
Belongs to Platycepsion according to A. Warren and C. Marsicano 2000
See also Cosgriff 1969, Kuhn 1961, Poropat et al. 2023, Stephens 1887 and Warren and Marsicano 1998
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NSWGS 12572, a partial skeleton (Skull, pectoral bird, vertebral column and hind limb). Its type locality is Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll), which is in a Spathian/Bithynian lacustrine shale in the Terrigal Formation of Australia.
Distribution: found only at Gosford Quarry (BMNH coll)
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