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''Baphetes'' is an extinct genus of
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tetrapod A tetrapod (; from Ancient Greek :wiktionary:τετρα-#Ancient Greek, τετρα- ''(tetra-)'' 'four' and :wiktionary:πούς#Ancient Greek, πούς ''(poús)'' 'foot') is any four-Limb (anatomy), limbed vertebrate animal of the clade Tetr ...
from the
Pennine Coal Measures Group The Pennine Coal Measures Group is a lithostratigraphical term referring to the coal-bearing succession of rock strata which occur in the United Kingdom within the Westphalian Stage of the Carboniferous Period. In formal use, the term replace ...
and Parrot Coal, England, the
Joggins Formation The Joggins Formation is a Formation (geology), geologic formation in Nova Scotia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Westphalian stage or Moscovian (Carboniferous), Moscovian stage of the Upper Carboniferous Period (geology), period or Penn ...
of
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, and the Kladno Formation of the
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. It was first named by
Richard Owen Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomy, comparative anatomist and paleontology, palaeontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkabl ...
in 1854. The
type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
is ''B. planiceps''. Species ''B. lintonensis'' is transferred to genus '' Loxomma''.


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''Baphetes''
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Paleobiology Database The Paleobiology Database (PBDB) is an online resource for information on the distribution and classification of fossil animals, plants, and microorganisms. History The Paleobiology Database originated in the NCEAS-funded Phanerozoic Marine Pale ...
Baphetoidea Pennsylvanian sarcopterygians of Europe Pennsylvanian sarcopterygians of North America Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia Fossil taxa described in 1854 Taxa named by Richard Owen {{Paleo-tetrapodomorph-stub