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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, Blina Station, 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), Warren and Marsicano (2000), Poropat et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Blinasaurus henwoodi Cosgriff
1998Batrachosuchus henwoodi Warren and Marsicano pp. 336-338
2000Batrachosuchus henwoodi Warren and Marsicano p. 467
2023Batrachosuchus henwoodi 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
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
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Induan to the top of the Olenekian or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan - Olenekian251.902 - 246.7Australia (Western Australia) Blinasaurus henwoodi (136545 136569)