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Bothriceps australis

Amphibia - 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.

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
—Osteichthyes()
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
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lopingian to the top of the Induan or 259.51000 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian - Induan259.51 - 249.9Australia (Tasmania) Bothriceps australis (117522)