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Brachystelechidae

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Brachystelechidae
Temporal range: Early Permian
Batropetes
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Brachystelechidae

Carroll and Gaskill, 1978
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  • Batropetidae Carroll, 1988

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] Three genera are currently assigned to the family: Batropetes, from Germany;[1] Carrolla, from Texas;[3] and Quasicaecilia, also from Texas.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b Carroll, R. L.; Gaskill, P. (1978). The Order Microsauria. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 126. DIANE Publishing. pp. 1–211.
  2. ^ Carroll, R. L. (1991). "Batropetes from the Lower Permian of Europe- a microsaur, not a reptile". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 11 (2): 229–242. doi:10.1080/02724634.1991.10011390.
  3. ^ Langston, W., Jr.; Olson, E. C. (1986). "Carrolla craddocki, a new genus and species of microsaur from the Lower Permian of Texas". Pearce-Sellards Series, Texas Memorial Museum. 43: 1–20.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Carroll, R. L. (1990). "A tiny microsaur: size constraints in Palaeozoic tetrapods". Palaeontology. 33: 1–17.