Sclerocephalus credneri Fritsch 1901 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Synonyms: Actinodon germanicus Kuhn 1939, Lusor tenellus Steen 1938

Belongs to Sclerocephalus according to R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2000

See also Kuhn 1939 and Schoch and Witzmann 2009

Sister taxa: Sclerocephalus bavaricus, Sclerocephalus concordiae, Sclerocephalus haeuseri, Sclerocephalus jogischneideri, Sclerocephalus nobilis, Sclerocephalus stambergi

Type specimens:

  • Sclerocephalus credneri: NMP M632, a skeleton (anterior part of skeleton). Its type locality is Ruprechtice, Liberecky kraj, which is in an Autunian terrestrial mudstone/carbonate in the Broumov Formation of Czechia.
  • Actinodon germanicus:
  • Lusor tenellus: CGH 589, a skull. Its type locality is Ruprechtice, Liberecky kraj, which is in an Autunian terrestrial mudstone/carbonate in the Broumov Formation of Czechia.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Ruprechtice, Liberecky kraj

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