Branchiosauridae

Branchiosauridae
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Early Triassic
Fossil of Branchiosaurus salamandroides in the Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Dissorophoidea
Family: Branchiosauridae
Fritsch, 1879
Genera

Branchiosauridae is an extinct family of temnospondyl amphibians.[1] It has been divided into two subfamilies, Branchiosaurinae and Tungussogyrininae.[2]

References

  1. Werneburg, R.; Ronchi, A.; Schneider, J. R. W. (2007). "The Early Permian Branchiosaurids (Amphibia) of Sardinia (Italy): Systematic Palaeontology, Palaeoecology, Biostratigraphy and Palaeobiogeographic Problems". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 252 (3–4): 383. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.048.
  2. Werneburg, R. (2009). "The Permotriassic branchiosaurid Tungussogyrinus Efremov, 1939 (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from Siberia restudied". Fossil Record 12 (2): 105–120. doi:10.1002/mmng.200900001.


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