Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Synonym: Platyceps Stephens 1887 [replaced name]
Full reference: O. Kuhn. 1964. Ungelöste Probleme der Stammesgeschichte der Amphibien und Reptilien [Unsolved problems of the phylogeny of amphibians and reptiles]. Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 118/119:293-325
Parent taxon: Brachyopidae according to A. Warren and C. Marsicano 2000
See also Kuhn 1964 and Warren and Marsicano 1998
Sister taxa: Banksiops, Bathignathus, Batrachosuchus, Blinasaurus, Bothriceps, Brachyops, Ferganobatrachus, Gobiops, Notobrachyops, Sinobrachyops, Vanastega, Vigilius, Xenobrachyops
Subtaxa: Platycepsion wilkinsoni
Type: Platyceps wilkinsoni
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Triassic of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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