Blinasaurus

Extinct genus of amphibians

Blinasaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Brachyopidae
Genus:	†Blinasaurus Cosgriff, 1969

Blinasaurus is a name of an extinct genus of prehistoric brachyopid found in Triassic geological formations of Australia. The type species is Platyceps wilkinsonii Stephens, 1887.^[1] The genus was established by John W. Cosgriff in 1969 to incorporate the type, discovered in New South Wales, and the author's new fossil species, Blinasaurus henwoodi, describing type material found in Blina Shale in the Kimberley region of northwest Australia.^[2]

The genus was represented by three species,^[3] however, the type species (Platyceps wilkinsonii Stephens, 1887) was assigned to a new monotypic genus as Platycepsion wilkinsoni. A species described by Cosgriff in the same study was placed in a new combination as Batrachosuchus henwoodi.^[4]

References

^ Stephens, W.J. (1887). "On some additional labyrinthodont fossils from the Hawkesbury sandstones of New South Wales. (Platyceps Wilkinsonii, and two unnamed specimens.)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 1: 1175–1192.
^ Cosgriff, J.W. (1969). "Blinasaurus, a brachyopid genus from Western Australia and New South Wales". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 52 (3). The Society: 65–90.
^ Vickers-Rich, P. (1991). Vertebrate palaeontology of Australasia /. Melbourne: Monash University Publications. p. 576. ISBN 9780909674366.
^ Warren, Anne; Marsicano, Claudia (17 April 2000). "Banksiops, a replacement name for Banksia townrowi (Amphibia, Temnospondyli)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 20 (1): 186. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2000)020[0186:BARNFB]2.0.CO;2.

Stereospondyli

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Temnospondyli

Tetrapodomorpha

- see Tetrapodomorpha

Temnospondyli

see Temnospondyli
Stereospondyli	see below↓

Stereospondyli

Arachana Capulomala Peltobatrachus
Lapillopsidae	Lapillopsis Manubrantlia Rhigerpeton Rotaurisaurus
Rhinesuchidae	Australerpeton? Broomistega Laccosaurus Parapytanga? Rastosuchus Rhineceps Rhinesuchoides Rhinesuchus Uranocentrodon
Lydekkerinidae	Chomatobatrachus Cryobatrachus Deltacephalus Eolydekkerina Indobenthosuchus Luzocephalus? Lydekkerina
Capitosauria	Antarctosuchus Bukobaja Calmasuchus Capitosaurus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Kupferzellia Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Quasicyclotosaurus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Rhadalognathus Samarabatrachus Sassenisaurus Sclerothorax Selenocara Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasuchus Vladlenosaurus Volgasaurus Volgasuchus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus
Trematosauria	see below↓

Trematosauria

Benthosuchidae

Benthosuchus
Kwatisuchus

Trematosauridae

Metoposauridae

Rhytidosteidae

Boreopelta Mahavisaurus Nanolania Peltostega Pneumatostega Rhytidosteus Sangaia Trucheosaurus
Derwentiinae	Arcadia Acerastia Deltasaurus Derwentia Indobrachyops Rewana