Branchierpeton Boy 1972 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Parent taxon: Micromelerpetidae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Carroll 1988 and Schoch 2013

Sister taxa: Eimerisaurus, Limnerpeton, Limnogyrinus, Micromelerpeton, Nyranerpeton

Subtaxa: Branchierpeton amblystomum Branchierpeton reinholdi Branchierpeton saalense Branchierpeton saberi

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Germany (3 collections)

• Carboniferous to Permian of Germany (1)

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (2), Morocco (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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