Leptorophus raischi Schoch 2014 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Full reference: R. R. Schoch. 2014. First evidence of the branchiosaurid temnospondyl Leptorophus in the Early Permian of the Saar-Nahe Basin (SW Germany). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 272(2):225-236

Belongs to Leptorophus according to R. R. Schoch 2014

Sister taxon: Leptorophus tener

Type specimen: UGKU 1800, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Obermoschel , which is in an Autunian lacustrine sandstone/claystone in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Obermoschel

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