Keratobrachyops Explained

Keratobrachyops is an extinct genus of trematosaurian temnospondyl found in the Arcadia Formation of Queensland, Australia.^[1] It had been thought to be a basal chigutisaurid but is now thought to be a basal brachyopomorph closely related to the genus Bothriceps, and may even be a synonym of it.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

Notes and References

1. Warren . Anne . 1981 . A horned member of the labyrinthodont super-family Brachyopoidea from the Early Triassic of Queensland . Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology . 5 . 4 . 273–288 . 10.1080/03115518108566995 . 0311-5518.
2. Warren . A. . Marsicano, C. . 2000 . A phylogeny of the Brachyopoidea (Temnospondyli, Stereospondyli) . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 20 . 3 . 462–483 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0462:APOTBT]2.0.CO;2. 11336/93649 . free .
3. Damiani . R. J. . Kitching, J. W. . 2003 . A new brachyopid temnospondyl from the Cynognathus Assemblage Zone, Upper Beaufort Group, South Africa . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 23 . 1 . 67–78 . 10.1671/0272-4634(2003)23[67:ANBTFT]2.0.CO;2.