Bothriceps Huxley 1859 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1859. On some Amphibian and Reptilian Remains from South Africa and Australia. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 15:642-649

Parent taxon: Brachyopidae according to A. Warren et al. 2011

See also Broom 1915, Carroll 1988, Poropat et al. 2023, Warren and Marsicano 1998, Warren and Marsicano 2000 and Watson 1919

Sister taxa: Banksiops, Bathignathus, Batrachosuchus, Blinasaurus, Brachyops, Ferganobatrachus, Gobiops, Notobrachyops, Platycepsion, Sinobrachyops, Vanastega, Vigilius, Xenobrachyops

Subtaxa: Bothriceps australis

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Type: Bothriceps australis

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eli Point, near Koonya (Permian of Australia)

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