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

Brachystelechidae
Temporal range: Early Permian
Batropetes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Subclass:
Lepospondyli
Order:
Microsauria
Suborder:
Microbrachomorpha
Family:
Brachystelechidae

Carroll and Gaskill, 1978
Genera
Synonyms
  • Batropetidae Carroll, 1988

References
  1. Carroll, R. L.; Gaskill, P. (1978). The Order Microsauria. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. 126. DIANE Publishing. pp. 1–211. ISBN 9780871691262.
  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.
  4. Carroll, R. L. (1990). "A tiny microsaur: size constraints in Palaeozoic tetrapods". Palaeontology. 33: 1–17.


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