†Banksiops townrowi Cosgriff 1974 (tetrapod)
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Alternative combinations: Banksia townrowi, Blinasaurus townrowi
Full reference: J. W. Cosgriff. 1974. Lower Triassic Temnospondyli of Tasmania. The Geological Society of America, Special Paper 149:1-134
Belongs to Banksiops according to A. Warren and C. Marsicano 2000
See also Cosgriff 1974, Poropat et al. 2023, Warren and Marsicano 1998 and Warren and Marsicano 2000
Sister taxa: Banksia kingii, Banksia strahanensis
Type specimen: UTGD 87785, a skull
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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