Bageherpeton Dias and Barberena 2001 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Archegosauridae

Full reference: E. V. Dias and M. C. Barberena. 2001. A temnospondyl amphibian from the Rio do Rasto Formation, Upper Permian of Southern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 73:136-143

Parent taxon: Platyoposaurinae according to E. V. Dias and M. C. Barberena 2001

Sister taxon: Prionosuchus

Subtaxa: Bageherpeton longignathus

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Type: Bageherpeton longignathus

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bagé-Aceguá Highway (BR 153), km 176 (Permian of Brazil)

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