# Banksiops

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Extinct genus of amphibians

Banksiops Restoration of Banksiops townrowi Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapoda Order: †Temnospondyli Suborder: †Stereospondyli Family: †Brachyopidae Genus: †Banksiops Warren & Marsicano, 2000 Species Banksiops townrowi Synonyms Blinasaurus townrowi

***Banksiops*** is an extinct [genus](/source/Genus) of [temnospondyl](/source/Temnospondyl) amphibian in the family [Brachyopidae](/source/Brachyopidae), recovered from the [Knocklofty Formation](/source/Knocklofty_Formation), [Tasmania](/source/Tasmania).[1]

The [type species](/source/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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anne_Warren_(paleontologist)&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Claudia Marscicano](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Claudia_Marscicano&action=edit&redlink=1) were alerted to another animal, a species of mite, that had used the name to commemorate the acarologist [Nathan Banks](/source/Nathan_Banks). The genus name *Banksia*, still current for the flowering plants *[Banksia](/source/Banksia)* (named for [Joseph Banks](/source/Joseph_Banks)), was proposed by the palaeontologists Warren and Marsicano for the geologist [Max Banks](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Max_Banks&action=edit&redlink=1).[1]

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## See also

- [Paleontology portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Paleontology)

- [Prehistoric amphibian](/source/Prehistoric_amphibian)

- [List of prehistoric amphibians](/source/List_of_prehistoric_amphibians)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Warren2000_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Warren2000_1-1) Warren, A.; Marsicano, C. (2000). "*Banksiops*, a replacement name for *Banksia townrowi* (Amphibia, Temnospondyli)". *Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology*. **20**: 186. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020\[0186:BARNFB\]2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1671%2F0272-4634%282000%29020%5B0186%3ABARNFB%5D2.0.CO%3B2).

v t e Temnospondyli Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Osteichthyes Clade: Sarcopterygii Clade: Tetrapodomorpha Clade: Stegocephali Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Temnospondyli see below↓ Temnospondyli Temnospondyli Caerorhachis? Capetus Casineria? Iberospondylus Palatinerpeton Baphetoidea? Colosteidae? Edopoidea Edops Cochleosauridae Adamanterpeton Cochleosaurus Chenoprosopus Macrerpeton Nigerpeton? Procochleosaurus Saharastega? Dendrerpetontidae Balanerpeton Dendrerpeton Dvinosauria Acroplous Bermanerpeton Dvinosaurus Erpetosaurus Isodectes Kourerpeton Perryella? Timonya Trypanognathus Trimerorhachidae Eugyrinus? Lafonius Nannospondylus Neldasaurus Procuhy Trimerorhachis Tupilakosauridae Batrachosuchoides? Slaugenhopia Thabanchuia Tupilakosaurus Zatracheidae Acanthostomatops Chemnitzion Dasyceps Zatrachys Dissorophoidea see Dissorophoidea likely includes Lissamphibia Eryopidae Actinodon Chelydosaurus Clamorosaurus Eryops Onchiodon Osteophorus Stenokranio Syndyodosuchus? Stereospondylomorpha Cheliderpeton? Glanochthon Intasuchus Korkonterpeton Sclerocephalus Syndyodosuchus? Archegosauridae Melosaurinae Koinia Konzhukovia Melosaurus Tryphosuchus Uralosuchus Platyoposaurinae Archegosaurus Bageherpeton Bashkirosaurus Collidosuchus Kashmirosaurus Platyoposaurus Prionosuchus Stereospondyli see Stereospondyli See also: Batrachomorpha Eutemnospondyli Rhachitomi Euskelia Eryopiformes Eryopoidea Limnarchia Archegosauroidea Category

Taxon identifiers Banksiops Wikidata: Q4856773 GBIF: 3241146 IRMNG: 1138843 Open Tree of Life: 4948623 Paleobiology Database: 251466

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