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Batropetes ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37513https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37513
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Microsauria : Brachystelechidae : Batropetes
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
-AmphibiaLinnaeus 1758
-Lepospondyli
-Microsauria
suborderMicrobrachomorphaCarroll and Gaskill 1978
familyBrachystelechidaeCarroll and Gaskill 1978
genusBatropetesCarroll and Gaskill 1971
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Batropetesgenusbelongs to Captorhinomorphastated without evidenceCarroll and Gaskill, 1971
Batropetesgenusbelongs to BatropetidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Batropetesgenusbelongs to Brachystelechidaestated with evidenceCarroll, 1991
Batropetesgenusbelongs to Brachystelechidaestated without evidenceCarroll et al., 1998
Batropetesgenusbelongs to Lepospondylistated without evidenceMaddin et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance299 - 296 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance296 - 290 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Reproductiondispersal=water (based on Amphibia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill. 1971. A Captorhinomorph Reptile from the Lower Permian of Europe. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):450-463

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Batropetes appelensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1299 Ma
Carboniferous		299 Ma
Carboniferous
Batropetes fritschia ✝
species		listed (PBDB)3296 Ma
Permian		296 Ma
Permian
Batropetes niederkirchensis ✝
species		listed (PBDB)1299 Ma
Carboniferous		299 Ma
Carboniferous
Batropetes palatinus ✝
species		listed (PBDB)2299 Ma
Carboniferous		299 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1890Petrobates Credner
1971Batropetes Carroll and Gaskill p. 451
1978Brachystelechus Carroll and Gaskill pp. 138-143 figs. 95-97
1988Batropetes Carroll
1988Brachystelechus Carroll
1991Batropetes Carroll p. 229
1998Batropetes Carroll et al. p. 5
2012Batropetes Maddin et al.

References

Carroll R. L., Gaskill P. (1971) A Captorhinomorph Reptile from the Lower Permian of Europe, Journal of Paleontology 45 3, 450-463
Carroll R. L., Gaskill P. (1978) The Order Microsauria, Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society 126, 1-211
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Carroll R. L. (1991) Batropetes from the Lower Permian of Europe - a Microsaur, not a Reptile, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11 2, 229-242
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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