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Keratobrachyops australis

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Chigutisauridae

Taxonomy
Keratobrachyops australis was named by Warren (1981). Its type specimen is QM F10115, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is QML 215, Duckworth Creek, which is in an Induan terrestrial mudstone in the Arcadia Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Keratobrachyops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Keratobrachyops australis Warren p. 274 figs. 1-7, 8A, 9A, 10-11
2000Keratobrachyops australis Schoch and Milner p. 86
2000Keratobrachyops australis Warren and Marsicano p. 471
2023Keratobrachyops australis Poropat et al. p. 145

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
superfamilyBrachyopoideaLydekker 1885
familyChigutisauridaeRusconi 1951
genusKeratobrachyops
speciesaustralis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: Induan or 251.90200 to 249.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan251.902 - 249.9Australia (Queensland) Keratobrachyops australis (type locality: 94541)