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Isodectes

Isodectes is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Eobrachyopidae. The genus Saurerpeton, named in 1909, is considered to be a junior synonym of Isodectes.

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Isodectes
Temporal range: Early Permian
Restoration of Isodectes obtusus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Dvinosauria
Family: Eobrachyopidae
Genus: Isodectes
Cope, 1896
Type species
Isodectes obtusus
(Cope, 1896 [originally Dendrerpeton obtusus])
Synonyms
  • Saurerpeton Moodie, 1909

Isodectes is an extinct genus of dvinosaurian temnospondyl within the family Eobrachyopidae. The genus Saurerpeton, named in 1909, is considered to be a junior synonym of Isodectes.1

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