Osteichthyes - Recumbirostra - Brachystelechidae
Alternative combinations: Brachystelechus fritschi, Hyloplesion fritschi
Synonyms: Batropetes truncatus Credner 1890, Petrobates truncatus Credner 1890
Full reference: H. B. Geinitz and J. V. Deichmüller. 1882. Die Saurier der unteren Dyas von Sachsen [Saurians from the Lower Dyas of Saxony]. Palaeontographica 9:1-46
Belongs to Batropetes according to R. L. Carroll 1991
See also Carroll et al. 1998, Carroll and Gaskill 1971, Carroll and Gaskill 1978 and Geinitz and Deichmüller 1882
Sister taxa: Batropetes appelensis, Batropetes niederkirchensis, Batropetes palatinus
Type specimens:
- Batropetes fritschia: SLFG SS 13558 / SS 13559 (lectotypes, previously S 275 a + b in Carroll (1971)), a skeleton (part and counterpart). Its type locality is Freital, near Dresden, which is in a Sakmarian lacustrine limestone in the Niederhaslich-Schweinsdorf Formation of Germany.
- Batropetes truncatus: S. 275 a + b, a skeleton (part and counterpart).
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of Germany (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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