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Batrachosuchus browni

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Batrachosuchus browni was named by Broom (1903). Its type specimen is SAM 5868, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aliwal North Area, which is in an Anisian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Burgersdorp Formation of South Africa. It is the type species of Batrachosuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Batrachosuchus browni Broom p. 501 figs. 1, 2
1925Batrachosuchus browni Haughton p. 256
2000Batrachosuchus browni Warren and Marsicano p. 465
2003Batrachosuchus browni Damiani and Rubidge p. 23

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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
genusBatrachosuchus
speciesbrowni

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.

†Batrachosuchus browni Broom 1903
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Diagnosis
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