Xenobrachyops
Extinct genus of amphibians
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Tetrapoda |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Brachyopidae |
| Genus: | †Xenobrachyops Warren and Hutchinson 1983 |
| Species: | †X. allos |
| Binomial name | |
| †Xenobrachyops allos (Howie, 1972) | |
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Fossils of Xenobrachyops have been found in the Arcadia Formation at Rewan, central Queensland.[2][3]
