Brachyopoidea
Extinct superfamily of temnospondyls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Brachyopoidea is a superfamily of temnospondyls that lived during the Mesozoic. It contains the families Brachyopidae and Chigutisauridae. The earliest records of brachyopids are from the Lower Triassic in Australia.[1] The latest-surviving member of the superfamily is the chigutisaurid Koolasuchus from the Early Cretaceous of Australia.
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Brachyopoidea | |
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Skull of the brachyopoid Pelorocephalus mendozensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Clade: | †Brachyopomorpha |
Superfamily: | †Brachyopoidea Lydekker, 1885 |
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