Batrachosuchoides lacer Shishkin 1967 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Tupilakosauridae

Synonym: Batrachosuchoides impressus Novikov and Shishkin 1994

Full reference: M. A. Shishkin. 1967. A brachyopid labyrinthodont from the Triassic of the Russian Platform. International Geology Review 9:310-322

Belongs to Batrachosuchoides according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Shishkin 1967 and Warren and Marsicano 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Batrachosuchoides lacer: PIN 953/2, a partial skull (Anterior part of skull). Its type locality is Okunevo (Fedorovka River), which is in an Olenekian terrestrial horizon in the Russian Federation.
  • Batrachosuchoides impressus: PIN 4370/1, a partial skull. Its type locality is PIN 4370, Hey Yaga River, which is in an Olenekian terrestrial sandstone in the Nyadeytinskaya Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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