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