Broiliellus brevis Carroll 1964 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Full reference: R. L. Carroll. 1964. Early evolution of the dissorophid amphibians. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 131:161-250

Belongs to Broiliellus according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Ruta et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Broiliellus arroyoensis, Broiliellus hektotopos, Broiliellus olsoni, Broiliellus reiszi, Broiliellus texensis

Type specimen: MCZ 1424, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Archer City Bonebed 1 (Putnam Fm.), which is in a Wolfcampian terrestrial horizon in the Archer City Formation of Texas.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Archer City Bonebed 1 (Putnam Fm.)

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