Lapillopsidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of temnospondyls}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Triassic}} | image = Lapillopsis nana.jpg | image_caption = Restoration of ''[[Lapillopsis nana]]'' | taxon = Lapillopsidae | authority = | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = * ''[[Lapillopsis]]'' * ''[[Manubrantlia]]'' * ''[[Rhigerpeton]]'' * ''[[Rotaurisaurus]]'' }}

'''Lapillopsidae''' is an extinct family of [[Temnospondyli|temnospondyls]].

''Lapillopsis'' was found as the sister to ''Rotaurisaurus'' in a 1999 analysis that found the Lapillopsidae as basal stereospondyls.<ref>Yates, A. M. 1999. The Lapillopsidae: a new family of small temnospondyls from the Early Triassic of Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19: 302-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1999.10011143</ref> ''Lapillopsis'' was found as a sister to Dissorophoidea by a 2017 analysis.<ref>Pardo, J. D., Small, B. J., Huttenlocker, A. K. 2017. Stem caecilian from the Triassic of Colorado sheds light on the origins of Lissamphibia. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706752114</ref> Another relative of ''Lapillopsis'', ''Manubrantlia'' was described from the Early Triassic of India,<ref>Yates & Sengupta, 2002. A lapillopsid temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of India. Alcheringa 26: 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510208619252</ref> and ''Rhigerpeton'' was found in Antarctica.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Gee |first=Bryan M. |last2=Beightol |first2=Charles V. |last3=Sidor |first3=Christian A. |date=2023-06-28 |title=A new lapillopsid from Antarctica and a reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of early diverging stereospondyls |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2216260 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |doi=10.1080/02724634.2023.2216260 |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==References== * {{cite journal| doi=10.1080/03115519008527816| title=''Lapillopsis'', a new genus of temnospondyl amphibians from the Early Triassic of Queensland| year=1990| last1=Warren| first1=A.A.| last2=Hutchinson| first2=M.N.| journal=Alcheringa| volume=14| issue=2| pages=149–158}} {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Stereospondyli]] [[Category:Triassic temnospondyls]] [[Category:Temnospondyl families]]