Bruktererpeton
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Bruktererpeton is an extinct genus of gephyrostegid tetrapodomorph known from the Late Carboniferous of the Rhein-Ruhr-District, western Germany. It was first described and named by Jürgen A. Boy and Klaus Bandel in 1973 and the type species is Bruktererpeton fiebigi.[1] Recent phylogenetic analyses confirmed that Bruktererpeton is a sister taxon of the better known genus Gephyrostegus.[2]
| Bruktererpeton Temporal range: Late Carboniferous | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Gephyrostegida |
| Family: | †Gephyrostegidae |
| Genus: | †Bruktererpeton Boy & Bandel, 1973 |
| Type species | |
| †Bruktererpeton fiebigi Boy & Bandel, 1973 | |
