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Baphetes

Baphetes
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Family: Baphetidae
Subfamily: Baphetinae
Milner et al. 2009
Genus: Baphetes
Owen 1854
Species
  • B. planiceps Owen 1854 (type)
  • B. bohemicus
  • B. kirkbyi
  • B. orientalis Milner et al. 2009

Baphetes is an extinct genus of stem-tetrapod from the Pennine Coal Measures Group and Parrot Coal, England, the Joggins Formation of Nova Scotia, and the Kladno Formation of the Czech Republic. It was first named by Richard Owen in 1854. The type species is B. planiceps.

Species B. lintonensis is transferred to genus Loxomma.[1]

References

  1. ^ Milner, Angela C.; Milner, Andrew R.; Walsh, Stig A. (2009). "A new specimen of Baphetes from Nýřany, Czech Republic and the intrinsic relationships of the Baphetidae". Acta Zoologica. 90 (s1): 318–334. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6395.2008.00340.x. ISSN 0001-7272.