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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Brachyopidae
Genus: Xenobrachyops
Warren and Hutchinson 1983
Species:
X. allos
Binomial name
Xenobrachyops allos
(Howie, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Brachyops allos Howie, 1972

Fossils of Xenobrachyops have been found at Rewan, central Queensland.[1][2]

References

  1. Howie, A. (1972). "A brachyopid labyrinthodont from the Lower Trias of Queensland". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 96: 268–277.
  2. "Fossilworks: Xenobrachyops". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 23 May 2019.


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