Brachyops Owen 1855 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1855. Descriptions of the cranium of a labyrinthodont reptile (Brachyops laticeps), from Mangali, Central India. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 11:37-39

Parent taxon: Brachyopidae according to A. Warren and C. Marsicano 2000

See also Broom 1915, Carroll 1988, Howie 1972 and Watson 1919

Sister taxa: Banksia, Banksiops, Bathignathus, Batrachosuchus, Blinasaurus, Bothriceps, Ferganobatrachus, Gobiops, Notobrachyops, Platycepsion, Sinobrachyops, Vanastega, Vigilius, Xenobrachyops

Subtaxa: Brachyops laticeps

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Type: Brachyops laticeps

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mangali, Wardha valley (Triassic of India)

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