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Brachyopidae

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Brachyopidae Broom p. 365
1919Brachyopidae Watson p. 68
1925Brachyopidae Haughton p. 256
1946Brachyopidae Kuhn p. 52
1988Brachyopidae Carroll
1996Brachyopidae Damiani and Warren
1998Brachyopidae Warren and Marsicano p. 330
2000Brachyopidae Warren and Marsicano
2000Brachyopidae Yates and Warren pp. 84, 104 fig. 1
2003Brachyopidae Damiani and Rubidge p. 23
2013Brachyopidae Schoch
2014Brachyopidae Schoch and Milner

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

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.

Fm. †Brachyopidae Broom 1915
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G. †Banksia Warren and Marsicano 1998
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†Banksia kingii Jordan and Hill 1991
†Banksia strahanensis Jordan and Hill 1991
G. †Banksiops Warren and Marsicano 2000
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†Banksiops townrowi Cosgriff 1974
G. †Bathignathus Damiani and Jeannot 2002
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†Bathignathus poikilops Damiani and Jeannot 2002
†Bathignathus watsoni Haughton 1925
G. †Batrachosuchus Broom 1903
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†Batrachosuchus browni Broom 1903
†Batrachosuchus concordi Chernin 1977
†Batrachosuchus henwoodi Cosgriff 1969
G. †Blinasaurus Cosgriff 1969
G. †Bothriceps Huxley 1859
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†Bothriceps australis Huxley 1859
G. †Brachyops Owen 1855
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†Brachyops laticeps Owen 1855
G. †Ferganobatrachus Nessov 1991
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G. †Gobiops Shishkin 1991
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†Gobiops desertus Shishkin 1991
G. †Notobrachyops Cosgriff 1973
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†Notobrachyops picketti Cosgriff 1973
G. †Platycepsion Kuhn 1964
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†Platycepsion wilkinsoni Stephens 1887
Invalid names: Platyceps Stephens 1887 [replaced]
G. †Sinobrachyops Dong 1985
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G. †Vanastega Damiani and Kitching 2003
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†Vanastega plurimidens Damiani and Kitching 2003
G. †Vigilius Warren and Marsicano 2000
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†Vigilius wellesi Warren and Marsicano 2000
G. †Xenobrachyops Warren and Hutchinson 1983
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†Xenobrachyops allos Howie 1972
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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Spathian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 251.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian - Induan259.9 - 251.2Australia (Tasmania) Bothriceps australis (117522)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Queensland) Brachyops allos (94541)
Induan252.17 - 251.2Australia (Tasmania) Blinasaurus townrowi (117149 136589 136590 136591 136593)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2India (Maharashtra) Brachyops laticeps (136649)
Induan - Olenekian252.17 - 247.2Australia (Western Australia) Blinasaurus henwoodi (136545 136569)
Spathian - Anisian251.3 - 242.0Algeria (Illizi) Brachyopidae indet. (107215)
Spathian - Bithynian251.3 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Platyceps wilkinsoni (131926)
Olenekian251.2 - 247.2South Africa (Free State) Bathignathus poikilops (98617)
Olenekian - Anisian251.2 - 242.0Australia (Queensland) Brachyopidae indet. (136408)
Aegean - Bithynian247.2 - 242.0USA (Arizona) Vigilius wellesi (34888 196998)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Free State) Batrachosuchus sp. (144343)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0South Africa (Eastern Cape) Bathignathus watsoni (177025) Batrachosuchus browni (80060) Batrachosuchus sp. (145499) Vanastega plurimidens (96329)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Australia (New South Wales) Brachyopidae indet. (38348) Notobrachyops picketti (136487)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Zambia (Eastern) Batrachosuchus concordi (99437)
Bajocian - Oxfordian170.3 - 157.3China (Sichuan) Sinobrachyops placenticephalus (24883)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) Ferganobatrachus riabinini (58187)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation (Moskva) Gobiops sp. (52961)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad) Ferganobatrachus riabinini (37596 46545 46547 46549)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3China (Xinjiang) Temnospondyli indet. (38135)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Mongolia (Govi-Altay) Gobiops desertus (179192)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1China (Xinjiang) Brachyopidae indet. (138119)
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Thailand (Kalasin) Brachyopidae indet. (157421)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5China (Xinjiang) Gobiops desertus (89993)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Platyceps planicarinatus (144566)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Victoria) Banksia sp. (92836 92837)