# Xenobrachyops

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Extinct genus of amphibians

Xenobrachyops Temporal range: Early Triassic, Olenekian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Holotype skull of X. allos Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapoda Order: †Temnospondyli Suborder: †Stereospondyli Family: †Brachyopidae Genus: †Xenobrachyops Warren and Hutchinson 1983 Species: †X. allos Binomial name †Xenobrachyops allos (Howie, 1972) Synonyms Brachyops allos Howie, 1972

***Xenobrachyops*** is an [extinct](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/Genus) of [temnospondyl](/source/Temnospondyl) [amphibian](/source/Amphibian) from the [Olenekian](/source/Olenekian) [Arcadia Formation](/source/Arcadia_Formation%2C_Australia) of [Australia](/source/Australia), describing a single species, ***Xenobrachyops allos***.[1] It is estimated to have been around fifty centimetres long and its diet would have consisted of [fish](/source/Fish) and [insects](/source/Insects).

[Fossils](/source/Fossils) of *Xenobrachyops* have been found in the [Arcadia Formation](/source/Arcadia_Formation%2C_Australia) at Rewan, central [Queensland](/source/Queensland).[2][3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Warren, A.A. & Hutchinson, M.N., (1983). The last labyrinthodont? A new brachyopoid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the Early Jurassic Evergreen Formation of Queensland, Australia. *Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B* *303*, 1–62.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Howie1972_2-0)** [Howie, A.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anne_Howie&action=edit&redlink=1) (1972). ["A brachyopid labyrinthodont from the Lower Trias of Queensland"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/47790). *Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales*. **96**: 268–277.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Fossilworks_3-0)** ["Fossilworks: Xenobrachyops"](https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=150352). *fossilworks.org*. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

v t e Stereospondyli Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapodomorpha Order: Temnospondyli Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Temnospondyli see Temnospondyli Stereospondyli see below↓ Stereospondyli Stereospondyli Arachana Capulomala Peltobatrachus Lapillopsidae Lapillopsis Manubrantlia Rhigerpeton Rotaurisaurus Rhinesuchidae Australerpeton? Broomistega Laccosaurus Parapytanga? Rastosuchus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon Lydekkerinidae Chomatobatrachus Cryobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Luzocephalus? Lydekkerina Capitosauria Antarctosuchus Bukobaja Calmasuchus Capitosaurus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Heptasaurus Huangfuchuansuchus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Kupferzellia Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Quasicyclotosaurus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Rhadalognathus Samarabatrachus Sassenisaurus Sclerothorax Selenocara Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasuchus Vladlenosaurus Volgasaurus Volgasuchus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus Trematosauria see below↓ Trematosauria Trematosauria Almasaurus Bothriceps Callistomordax Chinlestegophis Keratobrachyops Laidleria Latiscopus Qantas Rileymillerus Syrtosuchus Uruyiella Benthosuchidae Benthosuchus Kwatisuchus Trematosauridae Angusaurus Aphaneramma Cosgriffius Erythrobatrachus Gonioglyptus Hyperokynodon Icanosaurus Indolyrocephalus Inflectosaurus Lyrocephaliscus Microposaurus Panchetosaurus Platystega Prothoosuchus Stoschiosaurus Tertrema Tertremoides Thoosuchus Tirraturhinus Trematolestes Trematosuchoides Trematosaurus Trematosuchus Trematotegmen Wantzosaurus Metoposauridae Anaschisma Apachesaurus Arganasaurus Buettnererpeton Dutuitosaurus Metoposaurus Panthasaurus Rhytidosteidae Boreopelta Mahavisaurus Nanolania Peltostega Pneumatostega Rhytidosteus Sangaia Trucheosaurus Derwentiinae Arcadia Acerastia Deltasaurus Derwentia Indobrachyops Rewana Chigutisauridae Arenaerpeton Chigutisaurus Compsocerops Koolasuchus Pelorocephalus Siderops Brachyopidae Banksiops Bathignathus Batrachosaurus Batrachosuchoides Batrachosuchus Blinasaurus Brachyops Gobiops Hadrokkosaurus Notobrachyops Platycepsion Sinobrachyops Vanastega Vigilius Xenobrachyops Plagiosauridae Gerrothorax Megalophthalma Plagiobatrachus Plagiorophus Plagiosaurus Plagioscutum Plagiosternum Plagiosuchus See also: Trematosauroidea Metoposauroidea Rhytidosteoidea Brachyopomorpha Brachyopoidea Plagiosauroidea Category

Taxon identifiers Xenobrachyops Wikidata: Q16923218 GBIF: 4815853 IRMNG: 1012816 Paleobiology Database: 150352

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