''Platycepsion wilksoni'' is an extinct species of prehistoric amphibian, known from partial skeleton deposited in shale at the Gosford Quarry site of the Terrigal Formation in Australia.

Taxonomy

The species is assigned to a currently monotypic genus, the synonym ''Platyceps wilkinsonii'', a name published in 1887 by the Australian palaeontologist William Stephens, was nominated as the type. A revision in 1964 by

Oskar Kuhn Oskar Kuhn (7 March 1908, Munich – 1990) was a German palaeontologist. Life and career Kuhn was educated in Dinkelsbühl and Bamberg and then studied natural science, specialising in geology and paleontology, at the University of Munich, fr ...

assigned the species to the genus ''Platycepsion'' to replace the earlier combination, which was invalidated by an earlier use of the name '' Platyceps'' for a

colubrid Colubridae (, commonly known as colubrids , from la, coluber, 'snake') is a family of snakes. With 249 genera, it is the largest snake family. The earliest species of the family date back to the Oligocene epoch. Colubrid snakes are found on ever ...

genus of snakes. Another revising author

John W. Cosgriff John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

named the species as the type for a new genus, ''Blinasaurus'', unaware of Kuhn's replacement of the name, and placed a second species in the same genus, later separated to a new combination as '' Batrachosuchus henwoodi''. The author noted the epithet ''Wilkinsonii'' in the first description as commemorating the deputy chair of the

Linnean Society of New South Wales The Linnean Society of New South Wales promotes ''the Cultivation and Study of the Science of Natural History in all its Branches'' and was founded in Sydney, New South Wales ( Australia) in 1874 and incorporated in 1884. History The Society suc ...

C. S. Wilkinson Charles Smith Wilkinson (22 August 1843 – 26 August 1891) was an Australians, Australian geologist. He became geological surveyor in charge in New South Wales in 1875 and was president of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1887. Early li ...

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