Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Full reference: Z. Dong. 1985. A Middle Jurassic labyrinthodont (Sinobrachyops placenticephalus gen. et sp. nov.) from Dashanpu, Zigong, Sichuan Province. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23(4):301-306

Parent taxon: Brachyopidae according to M. A. Shishkin 2000

See also Carroll 1988, Dong 1985 and Warren and Marsicano 2000

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

Subtaxa: Sinobrachyops placenticephalus

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Dashanpu Dinosaur Quarry [lower] (Jurassic of China)

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