Bruktererpeton
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. ^ Jürgen A. Boy and Klaus Bandel (1973). "Bruktererpeton fiebigi n. gen. n. sp. (Amphibia: Gephyrostegida). Der erste Tetrapode aus dem Rheinisch-Westfälischen Karbon (Namur B; W.-Deutschland)". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. A145 (1–3): 39–77.
  2. ^ Marcello Ruta, Michael I. Coates and Donald L. J. Quicke (2003). "Early tetrapod relationships revisited" (PDF). Biological Reviews. 78 (2): 251–345. doi:10.1017/S1464793102006103. PMID 12803423. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2012-03-03.


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