Dendrysekos helogenes Steen 1934 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetidae

Full reference: M. C. Steen. 1934. The amphibian fauna from the South Joggins, Nova Scotia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1934:465-504

Belongs to Dendrysekos according to M. C. Steen 1934

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: RM 2.1188, a partial skeleton (skull table and several isolated bones). Its type locality is Coal Mine Point; Divison 4, Section XV, coal-group 15, which is in a Westphalian A mire/swamp sandstone/coal in the Joggins Formation of Canada.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Nova Scotia collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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