Lysipterygium risinense Wadia and Swinton 1928

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lysipterygiidae

Alternative combination: Actinodon risinensis

Synonym: Lysipterygium detarrai Branson 1935

Belongs to Lysipterygium according to C. C. Branson 1935

See also Schoch and Milner 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Lysipterygium risinense: GSI 14046, a skull. Its type locality is Risin Spur (Gangamopteris Shales), which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial shale in India.
  • Lysipterygium detarrai: YPM 2163, a skull.

Distribution: found only at Risin Spur (Gangamopteris Shales)

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