Brachydectes
| Brachydectes Temporal range: Carboniferous
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Amphibia
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| Family: | Lysorophidae
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| Genus: | Brachydectes Cope, 1868
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Reconstructed skull
Brachydectes is an extinct genus of lysorophian amphibian that lived from the Carboniferous. It had a very small head (skull length about 1.7 cm) and an elongated body up to 43 cm long.[1]
Life reconstruction of Brachydectes newberryi
References[]
- ^ http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- 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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