Brachyopidae
Extinct family of temnospondyls
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Brachyopidae is an extinct family of temnospondyls.[1] They evolved in the early Mesozoic and were mostly aquatic. A fragmentary find from Lesotho, Africa is estimated to have been 7 metres (23 ft) long, the largest amphibian ever known to have lived besides Prionosuchus and Mastodonsaurus.[2] Brachyopids were the only group of temnospondyls to survive into the Jurassic aside from their sister family Chigutisauridae; there are records of brachyopids from the Jurassic of Asia.
| Brachyopidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Batrachosuchus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Brachyopoidea |
| Family: | †Brachyopidae Lydekker, 1885 |
List of genera
- Banksiops
- Bathignathus
- Batrachosaurus
- Batrachosuchoides
- Batrachosuchus
- Brachyops
- Gobiops
- Notobrachyops
- ?Pachygonia
- Platycepsion
- Sinobrachyops
- Vanastega
- Vigilius
- Xenobrachyops
