''Brachydectes'' is an extinct

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

lysorophia Lysorophia is an order of fossorial Carboniferous and Permian tetrapods within the Recumbirostra. Lysorophians resembled small snakes, as their bodies are extremely elongate. There is a single family, the Molgophidae (previously known as Lysoro ...

n amphibian that lived from the Carboniferous. It had a very small

head A head is the part of an organism which usually includes the ears, brain, forehead, cheeks, chin, eyes, nose, and mouth, each of which aid in various sensory functions such as sight, hearing, smell, and taste. Some very simple animals may no ...

(skull length about 1.7 cm) and an elongated body up to 43 cm long.http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf Brachydectes NT small

References

* ''Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods'' by Jennifer A. Clack * ''Amniote Origins: Completing the Transition to Land'' by Stuart Sumida and Karen L.M Martin Lysorophians Carboniferous amphibians Permian amphibians Paleozoic amphibians of North America Paleozoic amphibians of Europe Prehistoric amphibian genera {{carboniferous-animal-stub