Xenobrachyops
Xenobrachyops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Triassic of Australia, describing a single species, Xenobrachyops allos. It is estimated to have been around fifty centimetres long and its diet would have consisted of fish and insects.
| Xenobrachyops Temporal range: Early Triassic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Brachyopidae |
| Genus: | †Xenobrachyops Warren and Hutchinson 1983 |
| Species: | †X. allos |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xenobrachyops allos (Howie, 1972) | |
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Fossils of Xenobrachyops have been found in the Arcadia Formation at Rewan, central Queensland.[1][2]
References
- Howie, A. (1972). "A brachyopid labyrinthodont from the Lower Trias of Queensland". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 96: 268–277.
- "Fossilworks: Xenobrachyops". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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