''Blinasaurus'' is a name of an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of prehistoric brachyopid found in Triassic geological formations of Australia. The

type species In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen ...

is '' Platyceps wilkinsonii'' Stephens, 1887. The genus was established by John W. Cosgriff in 1969 to incorporate the type, discovered in New South Wales, and the author's new fossil species, '' Blinasaurus henwoodi'', describing type material found in Blina Shale in the

Kimberley Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a ...

region of northwest Australia. The genus was represented by three species, however, the type species (''Platyceps wilkinsonii'' Stephens, 1887) was assigned to a new monotypic genus as ''

Platycepsion wilkinsoni ''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 monoty ...

''. A species described by Cosgriff in the same study was placed in a new combination as ''

Batrachosuchus henwoodi ''Batrachosuchus henwoodi'' is a fossil species of amphibian, first described as ''Blinasaurus henwoodi'' by John W. Cosgriff in 1969. The species was placed in a new generic combination when separating the genus '' Blinasaurus'', currently subs ...

''.

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Brachyopids Prehistoric life genera {{temnospondyli-stub