Brachystelechidae Temporal range: Early Permian | |
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Batropetes | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | † Chthonosauria |
Family: | † Brachystelechidae |
Brachystelechidae is an extinct family of Early Permian microsaurs. The family was first named by Robert L. Carroll and Pamela Gaskill in 1978, with the only member being Brachystelechus fritschi. [1] Brachystelechus fritschi has since been reassigned to the genus Batropetes . [2] Genera assigned to the family include: Batropetes, from Germany; [1] Carrolla , from Texas; [3] Quasicaecilia , also from Texas; [4] Diabloroter , from the Mazon Creek lagerstätte of Illinois; [5] and Bromerpeton from the Tambach Formation of Germany. [6]