Keratobrachyops

Keratobrachyops
Temporal range: Induan
~252.3–251.3 Ma
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Holotype skull of K. australis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Suborder: †Stereospondyli
Clade: †Brachyopomorpha
Genus: †Keratobrachyops
Warren, 1981
Type species
†Keratobrachyops australis
Warren, 1981

Keratobrachyops is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl found in the Arcadia Formation of Queensland, Australia.[1] It had been thought to be a basal chigutisaurid but is now thought to be a basal brachyopomorph closely related to the genus Bothriceps, and may even be a synonym of it.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Warren, Anne (1981). "A horned member of the labyrinthodont super-family Brachyopoidea from the Early Triassic of Queensland". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 5 (4): 273–288. doi:10.1080/03115518108566995. ISSN 0311-5518.
  2. ^ Warren, A.; Marsicano, C. (2000). "A phylogeny of the Brachyopoidea (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (3): 462–483. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0462:APOTBT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:11336/93649.
  3. ^ Damiani, R. J.; 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:10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[67:ANBTFT]2.0.CO;2.


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