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Batrachiderpeton

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Batrachiderpeton
Temporal range: Carboniferous, 318.1–314.6 Ma[1]
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Other species[2]
  • Batrachiderpeton lineatum Hancock and Atthey, 1869

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

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  1. ^ a b "†Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey 1871". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Batrachiderpeton". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ 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