Sinobrachyops

Sinobrachyops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
(unranked): Brachyopomorpha
Family: Brachyopidae
Genus: Sinobrachyops
Species: S. placenticephalus
Binomial name
Sinobrachyops placenticephalus
Dong, 1985

Sinobrachyops placenticephalus is an extinct temnospondyl amphibian from Middle Jurassic-aged Shaximiao Formation[1] in the Sichuan basin, China. S. placenticephalus is one of the youngest known labyrinthodont amphibians.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 董枝明. "四川自贡大山铺蜀龙动物群——简报 Ⅴ 两栖类." 古脊椎动物学报 4 (1985): 008.
  2. ↑ Dong, Zhiming. "The Dashanpu Dinosaur Fauna of Zigong Sichuan Short Report V-Labyrinthodont Amphibia." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23.4 (1985): 301-305.
  3. ↑ Warren, Anne, Thomas H. Rich, and Patricia Vickers-Rich. "The last last labyrinthodonts." PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG A-STUTTGART- 247 (1997): 1-24.

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