Batrachiderpeton

Batrachiderpeton is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs within the family Diplocaulidae; it was a basal member of the family.^[1] The type species is B. reticulatum and was found in a coal field in Northumberland, England at a locality that also yields the remains of Anthracosaurus russelli.^[3] A second species is also known: B. lineatum.^[3]

Batrachiderpeton Temporal range: Carboniferous, 318.1–314.6 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Nectridea
Family:	†Diplocaulidae
Genus:	†Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey, 1869
Type species
†Batrachiderpeton reticulatum Hancock & Athey, 1869
Other species[2]
†Batrachiderpeton lineatum Hancock and Atthey, 1869