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Bathignathus watsoni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Batrachosuchus watsoni was named by Haughton (1925). Its type specimen is BMNH R3589, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Bathignathus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Batrachosuchus browni by Warren and Marsicano (2000); it was recombined as Bathignathus watsoni by Damiani and Jeannot (2002) and Damiani and Rubidge (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Batrachosuchus watsoni Haughton p. 257
2002Bathignathus watsoni Damiani and Jeannot p. 60
2003Bathignathus watsoni Damiani and Rubidge p. 25

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

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.

Bathignathus watsoni Haughton 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Anisian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Bathignathus watsoni (type locality: 177025)