†Bathignathus poikilops Damiani and Jeannot 2002 (tetrapod)
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae
Full reference: R. J. Damiani and A. M. Jeannot. 2002. A brachyopid temnospondyl from the Lower Cynognathus Assemblage Zone in the northern Karoo Basin, South Africa. Palaeontologia africana 38:57-69
Belongs to Bathignathus according to R. J. Damiani and A. M. Jeannot 2002
See also Damiani and Rubidge 2003
Sister taxon: Bathignathus watsoni
Type specimen: BP/1/5790, a partial skull (Partial skull roof and part of the occiput). Its type locality is Driefontein, which is in an Olenekian fluvial siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Driefontein
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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