Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Lydekkerinidae
Synonyms: Broomulus Romer 1947, Limnoiketes Parrington 1948, Putterillia Broom 1915
Full reference: R. Broom. 1915. On the Triassic stegocephalians, Brachyops, Bothriceps, and Lydekkerina, gen. nov. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915:363-368
Parent taxon: Lydekkerinidae according to E. Eltink et al. 2019
See also Carroll 1988, Damiani and Rubidge 2003, Haughton 1925, Jeannot et al. 2006, Poropat et al. 2023, Schoch 2013, Schoch and Milner 2000, Shishkin et al. 1996, Watson 1919 and Yates and Warren 2000
Sister taxa: Chomatobatrachus, Deltacephalus, Eolydekkerina, Indobenthosuchus, Indobenthosuchus panchetensis, Luzocephalus, Lydekkerina panchetensis
Subtaxa: Lydekkerina huxleyi Lydekkerina kitchingi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), South Africa (4)
• Permian of South Africa (1)
Total: 6 collections including 10 occurrences
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