Brachydectes

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Brachydectes
Fossil range: Carboniferous to Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Tetrapoda
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: Lysorophia
Family: Lysorophidae
Genus: Brachydectes

Brachydectes is an extinct genus of lysorophian amphibian that lived from the Carboniferous to the Permian.

[edit] Sources

  • Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods by Jennifer A. Clack
  • Amniote Origins: Completing the Transition to Land by Stuart Sumida and Karen L.M Martin
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