Bruktererpeton Explained

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]

Notes and 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 . Biological Reviews . 78 . 2 . 251–345 . 10.1017/S1464793102006103 . 12803423 . 2012-03-03 . 2008-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080522124644/http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/coates/5.RutCoaQuick2003.pdf . dead .