Baphetidae is an extinct family of stem-tetrapods. Baphetids were large labyrinthodont predators of the Late Carboniferous period (Namurian through Westphalian) of Europe. Fragmentary remains from the Early Carboniferous of Canada have been tentatively assigned to the group. The phylogenetic relationships of baphetids is uncertain; while many studies have placed the group as a close relative of Amniota, other analyses have found Baphetidae to be a more basal clade of early stem tetrapods. Baphetids were among the first of the Carboniferous fossil tetrapods to be found and were originally described in 1850 by John William Dawson. The baphetids have been referred to the family Loxommatidae, but this group was later shown to be a junior synonym of Baphetidae, which was named earlier in 1865. Baphetids are known mainly from skulls; very little postcranial material has been found.
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Baphetidae is an extinct family of stem-tetrapods. Baphetids were large labyrinthodont predators of the Late Carboniferous period (Namurian through Westphalian)...
air. Their diet consisted mostly of live fish. They are of the family Baphetidae which are distinguished by their keyhole shaped orbits, while Loxomma...
Baphetoidea is a superfamily of stem-tetrapods. It includes the family Baphetidae and several more basal genera such as Eucritta and Spathicephalus (which...
Tetrapoda Basal Tetrapods Family Whatcheeriidae Family Crassigyrinidae Family Baphetidae (Loxommatidae) Family Colosteidae Family Caerorhachidae Class Amphibia...
"Postcranial remains of Baphetes and their bearing on the relationships of the Baphetidae (= Loxommatidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 22 (1):...
shares several anatomical features with a family of stem tetrapods called Baphetidae, leading most paleontologists who have studied the genus to place it within...
Benton, M. J.) Chapman & Hall, London, pp 665–679 Clack, J. A. (2006): Baphetidae, from the Tree of Life Web Project Sahney, S.; Benton, M.J.; Falcon-Lang...
that overlies the dentary symphysis. Kyrinion is a member of the family Baphetidae, a group of large aquatic tetrapodomorphs that somewhat resembled salamanders...
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