Gobiops
Encyclopedia
Gobiops is an extinct genus
of prehistoric amphibian
. Gobiops is of the extinct Brachyopidae
family.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of prehistoric amphibian
Amphibian
Amphibians , are a class of vertebrate animals including animals such as toads, frogs, caecilians, and salamanders. They are characterized as non-amniote ectothermic tetrapods...
. Gobiops is of the extinct Brachyopidae
Brachyopidae
Brachyopidae is an extinct family of Temnospondyl labyrintodonts. They evolved in the early Mesozoic and were mostly aquatic. A fragmentary find from Lesotho, Africa is estimated to have been 7 meter long, the largest amphibian ever known to have lived besides Prionosuchus.-External links:*...
family.
See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians