# Bothriceps

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Extinct genus of amphibians

Bothriceps Temporal range: Early Triassic Holotype skull of B. australis (NHMUK PV R 23110) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapoda Order: †Temnospondyli Suborder: †Stereospondyli Clade: †Brachyopomorpha Genus: †Bothriceps Huxley, 1859 Type species †Bothriceps australis Huxley, 1859

***Bothriceps*** is an extinct [genus](/source/Genus) of [stereospondyl](/source/Stereospondyl) [temnospondyl](/source/Temnospondyl). It is a member of the infraorder [Trematosauria](/source/Trematosauria) and is the most [basal](/source/Basal_(phylogenetics)) [brachyopomorph](/source/Brachyopomorpha) known.[1] It may be the only brachyopomorph that lies outside the superfamily [Brachyopoidea](/source/Brachyopoidea), which includes the [families](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Brachyopidae](/source/Brachyopidae) and [Chigutisauridae](/source/Chigutisauridae). It shares several similarities to *[Keratobrachyops](/source/Keratobrachyops)*, another basal brachyopomorph, and may be closely related to or even synonymous with it.[1][2]

Life Restoration

The genus was named in 1859 by [Thomas Henry Huxley](/source/Thomas_Henry_Huxley) with the description of its [type species](/source/Type_species) *B. australis* from the [Early Triassic](/source/Early_Triassic) Upper [Parmeener Group](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Parmeener_Group&action=edit&redlink=1) of [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania), [Australia](/source/Australia).[3] It was originally assigned to the family Brachyopidae and was not reassigned to a more basal position until 2000, when the clade Brachyopomorpha was constructed to accommodate for it.[1] The genus *Bothriceps* once included several species, but the only species assigned to it now is the type. *Bothriceps major*, named in 1909, was reassigned to the family [Rhytidosteidae](/source/Rhytidosteidae) as the type species the genus *[Trucheosaurus](/source/Trucheosaurus)* in 1998.[4][5] The brachyopid *[Platycepsion wilkinsoni](/source/Platycepsion)* (then referred to as *Platyceps wilkinsoni*) was reassigned to *Bothriceps* in 1890 and in 1969, but was placed back within the original genus in 1973.[6][7][8]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-WM00_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-WM00_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-WM00_1-2) Warren, A.; Marsicano, C. (2000). "A phylogeny of the Brachyopoidea (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli)". *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*. **20** (3): 462–483. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020\[0462:APOTBT\]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1671%2F0272-4634%282000%29020%5B0462%3AAPOTBT%5D2.0.CO%3B2). [hdl](/source/Hdl_(identifier)):[11336/93649](https://hdl.handle.net/11336%2F93649).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-DK03_2-0)** Damiani, R. J.; and Kitching; J. W. (2003). "A new brachyopid temnospondyl from the *Cynognathus* Assemblage Zone, Upper Beaufort Group, South Africa". *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*. **23** (1): 67–78. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23\[67:ANBTFT\]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1671%2F0272-4634%282003%2923%5B67%3AANBTFT%5D2.0.CO%3B2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-HTH59_3-0)** Huxley, T. H. (1859). ["On some amphibian and reptilian remains from South Africa and Australia"](https://zenodo.org/record/2179085/files/article.pdf) (PDF). *Proceedings of the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society*. **15** (1–2): 642–649. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1144/GSL.JGS.1859.015.01-02.71](https://doi.org/10.1144%2FGSL.JGS.1859.015.01-02.71).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WAS09_4-0)** Woodward, A. S. (1909). "On a new labyrinthodont from Oil Shale at Airly". *Records of the Geological Survey of New South Wales*. **8**: 317–319.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-MW98_5-0)** Marsicano, C. A.; and Warren; A. A. (1998). "The first Paleozoic rhytidosteid record: *Trucheosaurus major* Watson 1956 from the Late Permian of Australia, and a reassessment of the Rhytidosteidae (Amphibia, Temnospondyli)". *Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology*. **54**: 147–154.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-LR90_6-0)** Lydekker, R. (1890). "Catalogue of the fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History)". *British Museum (Natural History) London*. **4**: 1–295.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-WE69_7-0)** Welles, S. P.; Estes, R. (1969). "*Hadrokkosaurus bradyi* from the Upper Moenkopi Formation of Arizona with a review of brachyopid Labyrinthodonts". *University of California Publications in Geological Sciences*. **84**: 1–61.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SMA73_8-0)** Shishkin, M. A. (1973). "The morphology of the early Amphibia and some problems of the lower tetrapod evolution". *Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta*. **137**: 1–257.

v t e Stereospondyli Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapodomorpha Order: Temnospondyli Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Temnospondyli see Temnospondyli Stereospondyli see below↓ Stereospondyli Stereospondyli Arachana Capulomala Peltobatrachus Lapillopsidae Lapillopsis Manubrantlia Rhigerpeton Rotaurisaurus Rhinesuchidae Australerpeton? Broomistega Laccosaurus Parapytanga? Rastosuchus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon Lydekkerinidae Chomatobatrachus Cryobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Luzocephalus? Lydekkerina Capitosauria Antarctosuchus Bukobaja Calmasuchus Capitosaurus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Heptasaurus Huangfuchuansuchus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Kupferzellia Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Quasicyclotosaurus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Rhadalognathus Samarabatrachus Sassenisaurus Sclerothorax Selenocara Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasuchus Vladlenosaurus Volgasaurus Volgasuchus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus Trematosauria see below↓ Trematosauria Trematosauria Almasaurus Bothriceps Callistomordax Chinlestegophis Keratobrachyops Laidleria Latiscopus Qantas Rileymillerus Syrtosuchus Uruyiella Benthosuchidae Benthosuchus Kwatisuchus Trematosauridae Angusaurus Aphaneramma Cosgriffius Erythrobatrachus Gonioglyptus Hyperokynodon Icanosaurus Indolyrocephalus Inflectosaurus Lyrocephaliscus Microposaurus Panchetosaurus Platystega Prothoosuchus Stoschiosaurus Tertrema Tertremoides Thoosuchus Tirraturhinus Trematolestes Trematosuchoides Trematosaurus Trematosuchus Trematotegmen Wantzosaurus Metoposauridae Anaschisma Apachesaurus Arganasaurus Buettnererpeton Dutuitosaurus Metoposaurus Panthasaurus Rhytidosteidae Boreopelta Mahavisaurus Nanolania Peltostega Pneumatostega Rhytidosteus Sangaia Trucheosaurus Derwentiinae Arcadia Acerastia Deltasaurus Derwentia Indobrachyops Rewana Chigutisauridae Arenaerpeton Chigutisaurus Compsocerops Koolasuchus Pelorocephalus Siderops Brachyopidae Banksiops Bathignathus Batrachosaurus Batrachosuchoides Batrachosuchus Blinasaurus Brachyops Gobiops Hadrokkosaurus Notobrachyops Platycepsion Sinobrachyops Vanastega Vigilius Xenobrachyops Plagiosauridae Gerrothorax Megalophthalma Plagiobatrachus Plagiorophus Plagiosaurus Plagioscutum Plagiosternum Plagiosuchus See also: Trematosauroidea Metoposauroidea Rhytidosteoidea Brachyopomorpha Brachyopoidea Plagiosauroidea Category

Taxon identifiers Bothriceps Wikidata: Q4948653 GBIF: 4815852 IRMNG: 1434949 Open Tree of Life: 4948611 Paleobiology Database: 37151

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