†Batrachosauroides Taylor and Hesse 1943 (salamander)
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Amphibia - Proteida - Batrachosauroididae
Parent taxon: Batrachosauroididae according to B. G. Naylor 1979
See also Auffenberg 1958, Carroll 1988, Estes 1969, Estes 1981, Hinderstein and Boyce 1977 and Weems and George 2001
Sister taxa: Opisthotriton, Palaeoproteus, Parrisia, Peratosauroides, Prodesmodon
Subtaxa: Batrachosauroides dissimulans Batrachosauroides gotoi
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: Delaware, Florida, Louisiana, Texas collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Eocene of United States (1: North Dakota)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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