Xenobrachyops

Xenobrachyops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Olenekian Arcadia Formation of 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 and insects.

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

Fossils of Xenobrachyops have been found in the Arcadia Formation at Rewan, central Queensland.^[2][3]