Lapillopsidae

{{Short description|Extinct family of temnospondyls}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Triassic}}

| image = Lapillopsis nana.jpg

| image_caption = Restoration of Lapillopsis nana

| taxon = Lapillopsidae

| authority =

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

• Lapillopsis
• Manubrantlia
• Rhigerpeton
• Rotaurisaurus

}}

Lapillopsidae is an extinct family of temnospondyls.

Lapillopsis was found as the sister to Rotaurisaurus in a 1999 analysis that found the Lapillopsidae as basal stereospondyls.Yates, A. M. 1999. The Lapillopsidae: a new family of small temnospondyls from the Early Triassic of Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19: 302-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.1999.10011143 Lapillopsis was found as a sister to Dissorophoidea by a 2017 analysis.Pardo, J. D., Small, B. J., Huttenlocker, A. K. 2017. Stem caecilian from the Triassic of Colorado sheds light on the origins of Lissamphibia. PNAS. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1706752114 Another relative of Lapillopsis, Manubrantlia was described from the Early Triassic of India,Yates & Sengupta, 2002. A lapillopsid temnospondyl from the Early Triassic of India. Alcheringa 26: 201-208. https://doi.org/10.1080/03115510208619252 and Rhigerpeton was found in Antarctica.{{Cite journal |last=Gee |first=Bryan M. |last2=Beightol |first2=Charles V. |last3=Sidor |first3=Christian A. |date=2023-06-28 |title=A new lapillopsid from Antarctica and a reappraisal of the phylogenetic relationships of early diverging stereospondyls |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2216260 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |language=en |doi=10.1080/02724634.2023.2216260 |issn=0272-4634|url-access=subscription }}