Brachystelechidae
| Brachystelechidae Temporal range: Early Permian | |
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| Batropetes | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Subclass: | Lepospondyli |
| Order: | Microsauria |
| Suborder: | Microbrachomorpha |
| Family: | Brachystelechidae Carroll and Gaskill, 1978 |
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Brachystelechidae is an extinct family of Early Permian microsaurs. The family was first named by Robert L. Carroll and Pamela Gaskill in 1978, with the only member being Brachystelechus fritschi.[1] Brachystelechus fritschi has since been reassigned to the genus Batropetes.[2] Three genera are currently assigned to the family: Batropetes, from Germany;[1] Carrolla, from Texas;[3] and Quasicaecilia, also from Texas.[4]
References
- 1 2 Carroll, R. L.; Gaskill, P. (1978). The Order Microsauria. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society 126. DIANE Publishing. pp. 1–211.
- ↑ Carroll, R. L. (1991). "Batropetes from the Lower Permian of Europe- a microsaur, not a reptile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11 (2): 229–242. doi:10.1080/02724634.1991.10011390.
- ↑ Langston, W., Jr.; Olson, E. C. (1986). "Carrolla craddocki, a new genus and species of microsaur from the Lower Permian of Texas". Pearce-Sellards Series, Texas Memorial Museum 43: 1–20.
- ↑ Carroll, R. L. (1990). "A tiny microsaur: size constraints in Palaeozoic tetrapods". Palaeontology 33: 1–17.
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