Broomistega putterilli Broom 1930 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Rhinesuchidae

Alternative combination: Lydekkerina putterilli

Full reference: R. Broom. 1930. Notes on some labyrinthodonts in the Transvaal Museum. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 14:1-10

Belongs to Broomistega according to M. A. Shishkin and B. S. Rubidge 2000

See also Broom 1930 and Damiani and Rubidge 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TM 184, a partial skull (Postorbital part of skull with a small disarticulated fragment of lower jaw). Its type locality is Harrismith Commonage, which is in an Induan/Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Normandien Formation of South Africa.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of South Africa (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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