Banksiops

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Banksiops townrowi.jpg | image_caption = Restoration of ''Banksiops townrowi'' | taxon = Banksiops | authority = [[Anne Warren|Warren]] & [[Claudia Marsicano|Marsicano]], 2000 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Banksiops townrowi'' | synonyms = *''Blinasaurus townrowi'' }}

'''''Banksiops''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of [[temnospondyl]] amphibian in the family [[Brachyopidae]], recovered from the [[Knocklofty Formation]], [[Tasmania]].<ref name="Warren2000" />

The [[type species]], '''''Blinasaurus townrowi''''', Cosgriff, 1974, was published as ''Banksia townrowi'' Warren & Marsicano, 1998 in a revision that erected this genus, a name emended to '''''Banksiops townrowi''''' Warren & Marsicano, 2000 in a subsequent note. The authors [[Anne Warren (paleontologist)|Anne Warren]] and [[Claudia Marscicano]] were alerted to another animal, a species of mite, that had used the name to commemorate the acarologist [[Nathan Banks]]. The genus name ''Banksia'', still current for the flowering plants ''[[Banksia]]'' (named for [[Joseph Banks]]), was proposed by the palaeontologists Warren and Marsicano for the geologist [[Max Banks]].<ref name="Warren2000" /> [[File:Blinasaurus townrowi skull.jpg|thumb|Skull]]

==See also== {{Portal|Paleontology}} * [[Prehistoric amphibian]] * [[List of prehistoric amphibians]]

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Warren2000">{{Cite journal | last1 = Warren | first1 = A. | last2 = Marsicano | first2 = C. | title = ''Banksiops'', a replacement name for ''Banksia townrowi'' (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 20 | pages = 186 | year = 2000 | doi = 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0186:BARNFB]2.0.CO;2 }}</ref> }}

[[Category:Brachyopidae]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls of Australia]] [[Category:Paleontology in Tasmania]]