Brachyops

Brachyops Temporal range: Early Triassic, Induan to Olenekian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N I O An. La. Carn. Norian Rh.
Holotype skull of Brachyops laticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Tetrapoda
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Suborder:	†Stereospondyli
Family:	†Brachyopidae
Genus:	†Brachyops Owen, 1855
Species:	†B. laticeps
Binomial name
†Brachyops laticeps Owen, 1855

Brachyops is an extinct genus of brachyopid temnospondyl amphibian that lived during Early Triassic(Induan to Olenekian) in what is now Wardha Valley in Maharashtra, India, likely from the Kamthi Formation. The type species is Brachyops laticeps. It was the first described brachyopid ever, and also one of the oldest brachyopid currently known.