Baphetes
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Baphetes is an extinct genus of stem-tetrapod from the Pennine Coal Measures Group and Parrot Coal, England, the Joggins Formation of Nova Scotia, and the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic. It was first named by Richard Owen in 1854. The type species is B. planiceps.
| Baphetes Temporal range: Carboniferous | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Family: | †Baphetidae |
| Subfamily: | †Baphetinae Milner et al. 2009 |
| Genus: | †Baphetes Owen 1854 |
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