Full reference: R. R. Schoch and G. Sobral. 2021. A new species of Sclerocephalus with a fully ossified endocranium gives insight into braincase evolution in temnospondyls. Journal of Paleontology 1-13
Belongs to Sclerocephalus according to R. R. Schoch and G. Sobral 2021
Sister taxa: Sclerocephalus bavaricus, Sclerocephalus credneri, Sclerocephalus haeuseri, Sclerocephalus jogischneideri, Sclerocephalus nobilis, Sclerocephalus stambergi
Type specimen: GZG.V 7998, a partial skeleton (Nearly complete skull (18.5 cm skull length), anterior axial skeleton, pectoral girdle, left humerus, and proximal head of ulna). Its type locality is Concordia pit, which is in a Gzhelian/Asselian terrestrial limestone/mudstone in the Quirnbach Formation of Germany.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Concordia pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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