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Brachyops laticeps

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Brachyops laticeps was named by Owen (1855). Its type specimen is BMNH R4414, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mangali, Wardha valley, which is in a Triassic terrestrial horizon in the Kamthi Formation of India. It is the type species of Brachyops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Brachyops laticeps Owen p. 463
1855Brachyops laticeps Owen p. 39
2000Brachyops laticeps Warren and Marsicano p. 464

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Eutemnospondyli
—Rhachitomi()
—Eryopiformes
—Stereospondylomorpha
—Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyBrachyopidae
genusBrachyops
specieslaticeps

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Brachyops laticeps Owen 1855
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Triassic or 251.90200 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7India (Maharashtra) Brachyops laticeps (type locality: 136649)