Broiliellus

Broiliellus
Temporal range: Early Permian
Restoration of Broiliellus olsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Dissorophidae
Subfamily: †Dissorophinae
Genus: †Broiliellus
Williston, 1914
Type species
†Broiliellus texensis
Williston, 1914
Species
  • †B. arroyoensis DeMar, 1967
  • †B. brevis Carroll, 1964
  • †B. olsoni DeMar, 1967
  • †B. reiszi Holmes et al., 2013
  • †B. texensis Williston, 1914

Broiliellus is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl within the family Dissorophidae. Broiliellus is most closely related to the genus Dissorophus, and both have been placed in the subfamily Dissorophinae. Broiliellus is known from five species from the Early Permian: the type species is Broiliellus texensis, and the other species are Broiliellus brevis, Broiliellus olsoni, Broiliellus arroyoensis, and Broiliellus reiszi. An additional species, Broiliellus novomexicanus, which was originally named Aspidosaurus novomexicanus, is now thought to fall outside the genus as a member of the subfamily Eucacopinae.[1]

  1. ^ Schoch, R. R. (2012). "Character distribution and phylogeny of the dissorophid temnospondyls". Fossil Record. 15 (2): 121–137. doi:10.1002/mmng.201200010.