| Brachyopidae | |
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| Batrachosuchus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Brachyopoidea |
| Family: | †Brachyopidae Lydekker,1885 |
Brachyopidae is an extinctfamily oftemnospondyls.[1] They evolved in the earlyMesozoic and were mostly aquatic. A fragmentary find fromLesotho,Africa is estimated to have been 7 metres (23 ft) long, the largestamphibian ever known to have lived besidesPrionosuchus andMastodonsaurus.[2] Brachyopids were the only group of temnospondyls to survive into the Jurassic aside from their sister familyChigutisauridae; there are records of brachyopids from the Jurassic of Asia.
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