†family Brachyopidae Broom 1915 (tetrapod)
PaleoDB taxon number: 37146
Full reference: R. Broom. 1915. On the Triassic stegocephalians, Brachyops, Bothriceps, and Lydekkerina, gen. nov. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1915:363-368
Parent taxon: Trematosauria according to R. R. Schoch 2013
Sister taxa: Brachyopoidea, Chigutisauridae, Laidleria, Metoposauroidea, Plagiosauridae, Plagiosauroidea, Trematosauroidea
Subtaxa: Banksia, Banksiops, Bathignathus, Batrachosuchus, Blinasaurus, Bothriceps, Brachyops, Gobiops, Notobrachyops, Platycepsion, Sinobrachyops, Vanastega, Vigilius, Xenobrachyops
Type: Brachyops
Ecology: amphibious carnivore