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Xenobrachyops allos

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Brachyopidae

Taxonomy
Brachyops allos was named by Howie (1972). Its type specimen is QM F6572, 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 Xenobrachyops.

It was recombined as Xenobrachyops allos by Warren and Hutchinson (1983), Warren and Marsicano (2000), Poropat et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Brachyops allos Howie p. 270
1983Xenobrachyops allos Warren and Hutchinson p. 59
2000Xenobrachyops allos Warren and Marsicano p. 468
2023Xenobrachyops allos Poropat et al. p. 144

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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
familyBrachyopidae
genusXenobrachyops
speciesallos()

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.

Xenobrachyops allos Howie 1972
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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: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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) Brachyops allos (type locality: 94541)