| 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]
