Baphetoidea

Baphetoidea Temporal range: 326–307  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early to Late Carboniferous
Life restoration of Loxomma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Clade:	Stegocephali
Superfamily:	† Baphetoidea Cope, 1875
Families and genera
† Eucritta † Spathicephalus † Baphetidae
Synonyms
Loxommatoidea Watson, 1929

Baphetoidea is a superfamily of stem-tetrapods. It includes the family Baphetidae and several more basal genera such as Eucritta and Spathicephalus (which has been given its own family Spathicephalidae). ^[1] The superfamily has also been called Loxommatoidea, but this name is a junior synonym of Baphetoidea.

Taxonomy

Baphetoidea was named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875. The name Loxommatoidea was erected by D.M.S. Watson in 1929 for baphetids such as Loxomma , which were then known as loxommatids. Loxommatids were later shown to be members of Baphetidae, and Loxommatoidea was synonymized with Baphetoidea as a result. Because Baphetoidea was the first erected name, it has priority over Loxommatoidea. ^[2]

References

1. Milner, A.C.; Milner, A.R.; Walsh, S.A. (2009). "A new specimen of Baphetes from Nýřany, Czech Republic and the intrinsic relationships of the Baphetidae". Acta Zoologica. 90 (Supplement 1): 318–334. doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00340.x .
2. Milner, A.C.; Lindsay, W. (1998). "Postcranial remains of Baphetes and their bearing on the relationships of the Baphetidae (= Loxommatidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 22 (1): 211–235. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02530.x.