Sclerocephalus stambergi Klembara and Steyer 2012 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: J. Klembara and J. S. Steyer. 2012. A new species of Sclerocephalus (Temnospondyli: Stereospondylomorpha) from the early Permian of the Boskovice Basin (Czech Republic). Journal of Paleontology 86:302-310

Belongs to Sclerocephalus according to J. Klembara and J. S. Steyer 2012

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

Type specimen: MHK 81460/1 and MHK 81460/2, a partial skeleton (Skull and associated postcranial elements). Its type locality is Kochov-Novici stratigraphic section, Boskovice Furrow, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian terrestrial limestone in the Czech Republic.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kochov-Novici stratigraphic section, Boskovice Furrow

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