Indobrachyops Temporal range: Early Triassic,
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Restoration of Indobrachyops panchetensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Rhytidosteidae |
Subfamily: | †Derwentiinae |
Genus: | †Indobrachyops Von Huene and Sahni, 1958 |
Type species | |
†Indobrachyops panchetensis Von Huene and Sahni, 1958
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Indobrachyops is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Triassic of India. It is known from a nearly complete fossil skull that was first described by paleontologists Friedrich von Huene and M. R. Sahni in 1958 from the Panchet Formation in Raniganj Coalfield.[1] Indobrachyops belongs to a group of mostly semi-aquatic temnospondyls called Stereospondyli, but its exact placement within the group has been uncertain since its first description.