Xenobrachyops
| Xenobrachyops Temporal range: Early Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Brachyopidae |
| Genus: | †Xenobrachyops Warren and Hutchinson 1983 |
| Species: | †X. allos
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| Binomial name | |
| †Xenobrachyops allos (, 1972)
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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.
Fossils of Xenobrachyops have been found in the Arcadia Formation at Rewan, central Queensland.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ (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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