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Brachydectes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)227167https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=227167
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Cocytinidae : Brachydectes
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
-Caudata
familyUrodela
familyCocytinidaeCope 1875
genusBrachydectesCope 1868
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Brachydectesgenusbelongs to Lysorophidaestated without evidenceCope, 1868
Brachydectesgenusbelongs to Hylonomidaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Brachydectesgenusbelongs to Cocytinidaestated with evidenceCarroll et al., 1998
Brachydectesgenusbelongs to Lepospondylistated without evidenceMaddin et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance311 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance279 - 268 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:208-221

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Brachydectes elongatus
species
listed (PBDB)9299 Ma
Carboniferous
279 Ma
Permian
Brachydectes newberryi
species
listed (PBDB)4311 Ma
Carboniferous
299 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1868Brachydectes Cope
1902Brachydectes Hay p. 413
1998Brachydectes Carroll et al. p. 143
2012Brachydectes Maddin et al.

References

Cope E. D. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868, 208-221
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Carroll R. L., Bossy K. A., et al (1998) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae, 1-216
Maddin H. C., Jenkins Jr F. A., et al (2012) The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians, PLoS One 7 12, e50743 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050743
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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