Bothriceps australis Huxley 1859 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1859. On some Amphibian and Reptilian Remains from South Africa and Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15:642-649

Belongs to Bothriceps according to A. Warren et al. 2011

See also Poropat et al. 2023, Warren and Marsicano 1998 and Warren and Marsicano 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R23110, a skull

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eli Point, near Koonya (Permian of Australia)

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