Xenobrachyops

Xenobrachyops
Temporal range: Early Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Brachyopidae
Genus: Xenobrachyops

Xenobrachyops is an extinct genus of labyrinthodont amphibian from the Triassic of Australia. It is fifty centimeters long and its diet would have consisted of fish and insects.

Fossils of Xenobrachyops have been found at Rewan, central Queensland.


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