Xenobrachyops

Xenobrachyops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Olenekian Arcadia Formation of Australia, describing a single species, Xenobrachyops allos.^[1] 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, Olenekian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Holotype skull of X. allos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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 in the Arcadia Formation at Rewan, central Queensland.^[2][3]

References

1. Warren, A.A. & Hutchinson, M.N., (1983). The last labyrinthodont? A new brachyopoid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Early Jurassic Evergreen Formation of Queensland, Australia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 303, 1–62.
2. Howie, A. (1972). "A brachyopid labyrinthodont from the Lower Trias of Queensland". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 96: 268–277.
3. "Fossilworks: Xenobrachyops". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.