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Batrachosuchus henwoodi

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Blinasaurus henwoodi was named by Cosgriff (1969). Its type specimen is WAM 62 1 42, a partial skull (Impression of skull roof and palate), and it is an impression. Its type locality is UCMP V6041, which is in an Induan/Olenekian deltaic shale in the Blina Shale Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Batrachosuchus henwoodi by Warren and Marsicano (1998) and Warren and Marsicano (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Blinasaurus henwoodi Cosgriff
1998Batrachosuchus henwoodi Warren and Marsicano pp. 336-338
2000Batrachosuchus henwoodi Warren and Marsicano p. 467

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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
specieshenwoodi()

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 henwoodi Cosgriff 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available