Branchiosaurus commentryensis Werneburg 2019 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Full reference: R. Werneburg. 2019. Dissorophoid amphibians from the Carboniferous-Permian boundary of France. Semana 34:11-51

Belongs to Branchiosaurus according to R. Werneburg 2019

Sister taxa: Branchiosaurus darrahi, Branchiosaurus salamandroides

Type specimen: MNHNP – COM 259, a skeleton (skull). Its type locality is Commentry, which is in a Stephanian C terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Commentry

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