Biology:Sinobrachyops

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Sinobrachyops
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic
Sinobrachyops-Paleozoological Museum of China.jpg
Type skull, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Brachyopidae
Genus: Sinobrachyops
Dong, 1985
Species:
S. placenticephalus
Binomial name
Sinobrachyops placenticephalus
Dong, 1985

Sinobrachyops placenticephalus is an extinct temnospondyl amphibian from Middle Jurassic-aged Shaximiao Formation[1] in the Sichuan basin, China . S. placenticephalus is one of the youngest known labyrinthodont amphibians.[1][2][3]

See also

  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 董枝明. "四川自贡大山铺蜀龙动物群——简报 V 两栖类." 古脊椎动物学报 4 (1985): 008
  2. Dong, Zhiming. "The Dashanpu Dinosaur Fauna of Zigong Sichuan Short Report V-Labyrinthodont Amphibia." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23.4 (1985): 301-305.[1]
  3. Warren, Anne, Thomas H. Rich, and Patricia Vickers-Rich. "The last labyrinthodonts." PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG A-STUTTGART- 247 (1997): 1-24.[2]

Wikidata ☰ Q7524816 entry