Brachyopidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of temnospondyls}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Batrachosuchus1DB.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Batrachosuchus]]'' | fossil_range = {{fossil range|252.3|145}} | taxon = Brachyopidae | authority = [[Richard Lydekker|Lydekker]], [[1885 in paleontology|1885]] }}

'''Brachyopidae''' is an extinct [[scientific classification|family]] of [[temnospondyl]]s.<ref>Warren, A. A., & Marsicano, C. (1998) Revision of the Brachyopidae (Temnospondyli) from the Triassic of the Sydney, Carnarvon and Tasmania Basin, Australia: ''Alcheringa'' v. 22, p. 329-342.</ref> They evolved in the early [[Mesozoic]] and were mostly aquatic. A fragmentary find from [[Lesotho]], [[Africa]] is estimated to have been {{convert|7|m}} long, the largest [[amphibian]] ever known to have lived besides ''[[Prionosuchus]]'' and ''[[Mastodonsaurus]]''.<ref>Steyer, J.S. & Damiani, R. (2005): A giant brachyopoid temnospondyl from the Upper Triassic or Lower Jurassic of Lesotho. ''Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France'', no. 3: pp 243-248. {{doi|10.2113/176.3.243}} [http://bsgf.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/176/3/243 abstract]</ref> Brachyopids were the only group of temnospondyls to survive into the Jurassic aside from their sister family [[Chigutisauridae]]; there are records of brachyopids from the Jurassic of Asia.

==List of genera==

*''[[Banksiops]]'' *''[[Bathignathus]]'' *''[[Batrachosaurus]]'' *''[[Batrachosuchoides]]'' *''[[Batrachosuchus]]'' *''[[Brachyops]]'' *''[[Gobiops]]'' *''[[Notobrachyops]]'' *?''[[Pachygonia]]'' *''[[Platycepsion]]'' *''[[Sinobrachyops]]'' *''[[Vanastega]]'' *''[[Vigilius (amphibian)|Vigilius]]'' *''[[Xenobrachyops]]''

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080913222849/http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/160Temnospondyli/500.html#Brachyopoidea Brachyopidae at Palaeos.]

[[Category:Brachyopidae]] [[Category:Temnospondyl families]]