Batrachiderpeton
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| Batrachiderpeton Temporal range: Carboniferous, | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Nectridea |
| Family: | †Diplocaulidae |
| Genus: | †Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| †Batrachiderpeton reticulatum Hancock & Athey, 1869 | |
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Batrachiderpeton is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs within the family Diplocaulidae; it was a basal member of the family.[1] The type species is B. reticulatum and was found in a coal field in Northumberland, England at a locality that also yields the remains of Anthracosaurus russelli.[3] A second species is also known: B. lineatum.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "†Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey 1871". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Batrachiderpeton". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b Hancock, A. & Athey, T. (1869). On a new labyrinthodont from the Northumberland coal field, and on the occurrence in the same locality of Anthracosaurus russelli. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(4):182-189
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