Biology:Bruktererpeton

From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Bruktererpeton
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Bruktererpeton SW.png
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Gephyrostegida
Family: Gephyrostegidae
Genus: Bruktererpeton
Boy & Bandel, 1973
Type species
Bruktererpeton fiebigi
Boy & Bandel, 1973

Bruktererpeton is an extinct genus of gephyrostegid reptiliomorph known from the Late Carboniferous of the Rhein-Ruhr-District, western Germany . It was first described and named by Jürgen A. Boy and Klaus Bandel in 1973 and the type species is Bruktererpeton fiebigi.[1] Recent phylogenetic analyses confirmed that Bruktererpeton is a sister taxon of the better known genus Gephyrostegus.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4978757 entry