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, 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 Koonya (Permian of Australia)

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