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Bothriceps australis

Osteichthyes - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Bothriceps australis was named by Huxley (1859). Its type specimen is BMNH R23110, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Bothriceps.

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by R. Butler on 2012-11-28; modified by R. Butler on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Bothriceps australis Huxley p. 647 figs. 1, pl. 22
1998Bothriceps australis Warren and Marsicano pp. 330-333
2000Bothriceps australis Warren and Marsicano p. 470
2011Bothriceps australis Warren et al. p. 740
2023Bothriceps australis Poropat et al. p. 143

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyBrachyopidae
genusBothriceps
speciesaustralis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bothriceps australis Huxley 1859
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Diagnosis
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