Batrachosaurus

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Batrachosaurus
Temporal range: Middle Triassic, Ladinian
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Temnospondyli
Suborder:
(unranked):
Subfamily:
Genus:
Batrachosaurus

, 1837
Binomial name
Batrachosaurus jaegeri
Fitzinger, 1840

Batrachosaurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric brachyopoid amphibian that lived in Germany during the Middle Triassic (Ladinian).[1] The genus was named by in 1837 and the type species, B. jaegeri, was named three years later in 1840. It may have been the same animal as Mastodonsaurus.[2]

See also[]

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References[]

  1. ^ "Batrachosaurus Fitzinger, 1843". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Mastodonsaurus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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