Keratobrachyops Warren 1981 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae

Full reference: A. A. Warren. 1981. A horned member of the labyrinthodont superfamily Brachyopoidea from the Early Triassic of Queenland. Alcheringa 5:273-288

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

See also Carroll 1988, Damiani and Warren 1996, Schoch and Milner 2000, Warren 1981 and Yates and Warren 2000

Sister taxa: Arenaerpeton, Compsocerops, Icanosaurus, Icanosaurus rectifrons, Koolasuchus, Kuttycephalus, Pelorocephalus, Siderops

Subtaxa: Keratobrachyops australis

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Duckworth Creek, SW of Bluff, QML 215 (Triassic of Australia)

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