Konzhukovia sangabrielensis Pacheco et al. 2017 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Konzhukoviidae

Full reference: C. P. Pacheco, E. Eltink, R. T. Müller and S. Dias-da-Silva. 2017. A new Permian temnospondyl with Russian affinities from South America, the new family Konzhukoviidae, and the phylogenetic status of Archegosauroidea. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 15(3):241-256

Belongs to Konzhukovia according to C. P. Pacheco et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Konzhukovia tarda, Konzhukovia vetusta

Type specimen: UNIPAMPA PV 00137, a partial skull. Its type locality is Boqueirão farm, Catuçaba, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian terrestrial sandstone in the Rio do Rasto Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boqueirão farm, Catuçaba

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