Batrachiderpeton
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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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]
| Batrachiderpeton Temporal range: Carboniferous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Nectridea |
| Family: | †Diplocaulidae |
| Genus: | †Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| †Batrachiderpeton reticulatum Hancock & Athey, 1869 | |
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