†Apateon flagrifer Whittard 1930
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Alternative combination: Branchiosaurus flagrifer
Synonym: Branchiosaurus brachyrhynchus Watson 1963
Belongs to Apateon according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
Sister taxa: Apateon caducus, Apateon dracyi, Apateon gracilis, Apateon intermedius, Apateon kontheri, Apateon pedestris, Apateon umbrosus, Salamandrella keyseringli
Type specimens:
- Apateon flagrifer: UMZC T.22 (formerly DMSW B.48), a skeleton (in dorsal aspect). Its type locality is Gottlob quarry, Friedrichroda, which is in an Asselian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Goldlauterer Formation of Germany.
- Branchiosaurus brachyrhynchus:
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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