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Brachyopidae
Brachyopidae is an extinct scientific classification, family of temnospondyl Labyrinthodontia, labyrintodonts. They evolved in the early Mesozoic and were mostly aquatic. A fragmentary find from Lesotho, Africa is estimated to have been long, the largest amphibian ever known to have lived besides ''Prionosuchus''.Steyer, J.S. & Damiani, R. (2005): A giant brachyopoid temnospondyl from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of Lesotho. ''Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France'', no. 3: pp 243-248.abstract/ref> Brachyopids were the only group of temnospondyls to survive into the Jurassic aside from their sister family Chigutisauridae. With records of the family from the Jurassic of Asia. List of genera *''Banksiops'' *''Batrachosaurus'' *''Batrachosuchoides'' *''Batrachosuchus'' *''Brachyops'' *''Gobiops'' *''Notobrachyops'' *''Platycepsion'' *''Sinobrachyops'' *''Vanastega'' *''Xenobrachyops'' References External linksBrachyopidae at Palaeos. Brachyopids Amph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnospondyl
Temnospondyli (from Greek language, Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') is a diverse order (biology), order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered Labyrinthodontia, primitive amphibians—that flourished worldwide during the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic periods. A few species continued into the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Fossils have been found on every continent. During about 210 million years of evolutionary history, they adapted to a wide range of habitats, including freshwater, terrestrial, and even coastal marine environments. Their life history is well understood, with fossils known from the larval stage, metamorphosis, and maturity. Most temnospondyls were semiaquatic, although some were almost fully terrestrial, returning to the water only to breed. These temnospondyls were some of the first vertebrates fully adapted to life on land. Although temnospondyls are considered amphibians, many had cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brachyopids
Brachyopidae is an extinct family of temnospondyl labyrintodonts. They evolved in the early Mesozoic and were mostly aquatic. A fragmentary find from Lesotho, Africa is estimated to have been long, the largest amphibian ever known to have lived besides ''Prionosuchus''.Steyer, J.S. & Damiani, R. (2005): A giant brachyopoid temnospondyl from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of Lesotho. ''Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France'', no. 3: pp 243-248.abstract/ref> Brachyopids were the only group of temnospondyls to survive into the Jurassic aside from their sister family Chigutisauridae. With records of the family from the Jurassic of Asia. List of genera *'' Banksiops'' *''Batrachosaurus'' *'' Batrachosuchoides'' *''Batrachosuchus'' *'' Brachyops'' *''Gobiops'' *''Notobrachyops'' *''Platycepsion'' *'' Sinobrachyops'' *'' Vanastega'' *''Xenobrachyops ''Xenobrachyops'' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Triassic of Australia, describing a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banksiops
''Banksiops'' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian in the family Brachyopidae, recovered from Tasmania. The type species, ''Blinasaurus townrowi'', Cosgriff, 1974, was published as ''Banksia townrowi'' Warren & Marsicano, 1998 in a revision that erected this genus, a name emended to ''Banksiops townrowi'' Warren & Marsicano, 2000 in a subsequent note. The authors Anne Warren and Claudia Marscicano were alerted to another animal, a species of mite, that had used the name to commemorate the acarologist Nathan Banks. The genus name ''Banksia'', still current for the flowering plants ''Banksia'' (named for Joseph Banks), was proposed by the palaeontologists Warren and Marsicano for the geologist Max Banks. See also * Prehistoric amphibian * List of prehistoric amphibians This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be amphibians, excluding purely vernacular t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanastega
''Vanastega'' is an extinct genus of Triassic temnospondyl amphibian in the family Brachyopidae. It is known from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone in Burgersdorp, South Africa. The genus contains just one species, ''Vanastega plurimidens'', the type species. See also * List of prehistoric amphibians This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be amphibians, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted g ... References Brachyopids Anisian life Triassic amphibians of Africa Fossil taxa described in 2003 Taxa named by James Kitching {{Temnospondyli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labyrinthodontia
"Labyrinthodontia" (Greek, 'maze-toothed') is an informal grouping of extinct predatory amphibians which were major components of ecosystems in the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras (about 390 to 150 million years ago). Traditionally considered a subclass of the class Amphibia, modern classification systems recognize that labyrinthodonts are not a formal natural group (clade) exclusive of other tetrapods. Instead, they consistute an evolutionary grade (a paraphyletic group), ancestral to living tetrapods such as lissamphibians (modern amphibians) and amniotes (reptiles, mammals, and kin). "Labyrinthodont"-grade vertebrates evolved from lobe-finned fishes in the Devonian, though a formal boundary between fish and amphibian is difficult to define at this point in time. "Labyrinthodont" generally refers to extinct four-limbed tetrapods with a large body size and a crocodile-like lifestyle. The name describes the pattern of infolding of the dentin and enamel of the teeth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobiops
''Gobiops'' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl from the Jurassic of Mongolia, China, and possibly Kyrgyzstan. The genus is represented by a single species, ''Gobiops desertus''. It was named in 1991 from the Late Jurassic Shar Teeg Beds of Mongolia. Additional material was described in 2005 from the Middle Jurassic Toutunhe Formation in the Junggar Basin of China. ''Gobiops'' belongs to the family Brachyopidae Brachyopidae is an extinct scientific classification, family of temnospondyl Labyrinthodontia, labyrintodonts. They evolved in the early Mesozoic and were mostly aquatic. A fragmentary find from Lesotho, Africa is estimated to have been long, th .... The poorly known genus ''Ferganobatrachus'', named in 1990 from Shar Teeg, is probably synonymous with ''Gobiops''. References Jurassic temnospondyls Jurassic amphibians of Asia Fossil taxa described in 1991 Late Jurassic amphibians Middle Jurassic amphibians {{jurassic-animal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xenobrachyops
''Xenobrachyops'' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Triassic of Australia, describing a single species, ''Xenobrachyops allos''. It is estimated to have been around fifty centimetres long and its diet would have consisted of fish and insects. Fossils of ''Xenobrachyops'' have been found in the Arcadia Formation at Rewan, central Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe .... References Brachyopids Induan life Olenekian life Triassic temnospondyls of Australia Paleontology in Queensland Fossil taxa described in 1972 {{triassic-animal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sinobrachyops
''Sinobrachyops placenticephalus'' is an extinct temnospondyl amphibian from Middle Jurassic-aged Shaximiao Formation in the Sichuan basin, China. ''S. placenticephalus'' is one of the youngest known labyrinthodont amphibians.Dong, Zhiming. "The Dashanpu Dinosaur Fauna of Zigong Sichuan Short Report V-Labyrinthodont Amphibia." Vertebrata PalAsiatica 23.4 (1985): 301-30/ref>Warren, Anne, Thomas H. Rich, and Patricia Vickers-Rich. "The last labyrinthodonts." PALAEONTOGRAPHICA ABTEILUNG A-STUTTGART- 247 (1997): 1-2/ref> See also * Prehistoric amphibian * List of prehistoric amphibians This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be amphibians, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted g ... References Middle Jurassic amphibians Prehistoric amphibians of Asia Brachyopids Fossil taxa described in 1985 {{jurassic-animal-stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platycepsion
''Platycepsion wilksoni'' is an extinct species of prehistoric amphibian, known from partial skeleton deposited in shale at the Gosford Quarry site of the Terrigal Formation in Australia. Taxonomy The species is assigned to a currently monotypic genus, the synonym ''Platyceps wilkinsonii'', a name published in 1887 by the Australian palaeontologist William Stephens, was nominated as the type. A revision in 1964 by Oskar Kuhn assigned the species to the genus ''Platycepsion'' to replace the earlier combination, which was invalidated by an earlier use of the name ''Platyceps'' for a colubrid genus of snakes. Another revising author John W. Cosgriff named the species as the type for a new genus, ''Blinasaurus'', unaware of Kuhn's replacement of the name, and placed a second species in the same genus, later separated to a new combination as ''Batrachosuchus henwoodi''. The author noted the epithet ''Wilkinsonii'' in the first description as commemorating the deputy chair of the L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Notobrachyops
''Notobrachyops'' is a genus of brachyopid temnospondyl amphibian. It is known from a skull roof impression found in the Ashfield Shale (Late Triassic) of Mortdale, New South Wales, Australia. The Ashfield Shale has also yielded a shark species, a lungfish species, six species of paleoniscid fish, a species of holostean fish, a subholostean fish, and the labyrinthodont amphibian '' Paracyclotosaurus davidi''. See also * List of prehistoric amphibians * Prehistoric amphibian This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be amphibians, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accep ... References Stereospondyls Triassic amphibians of South America Fossil taxa described in 1973 {{Temnospondyli-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batrachosuchoides
''Batrachosuchoides'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian from the Early Triassic of Russia. It was found in the Baskunchakskaia Series and the Lestanshorskaya Svita. See also * Prehistoric amphibian * List of prehistoric amphibians This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be amphibians, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted g ... References Brachyopids {{triassic-animal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
