Xenobrachyops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Olenekian Arcadia Formation of Australia, describing a single species, Xenobrachyops allos.[1] It is estimated to have been around fifty centimetres long and its diet would have consisted of fish and insects.
| Xenobrachyops Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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| Holotype skull of X. allos | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Brachyopidae |
| Genus: | †Xenobrachyops Warren and Hutchinson 1983 |
| Species: | †X. allos
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| †Xenobrachyops allos (Howie, 1972)
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Fossils of Xenobrachyops have been found in the Arcadia Formation at Rewan, central Queensland.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Warren, A.A. & Hutchinson, M.N., (1983). The last labyrinthodont? A new brachyopoid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Early Jurassic Evergreen Formation of Queensland, Australia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B 303, 1–62.
- ^ Howie, A. (1972). "A brachyopid labyrinthodont from the Lower Trias of Queensland". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 96: 268–277.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Xenobrachyops". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
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