# Microbrachis

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Not to be confused with [Microbrachius](/source/Microbrachius).

***Microbrachis*** is an extinct genus of [microsaurian](/source/Microsauria) [tetrapod](/source/Tetrapod) from the [Carboniferous](/source/Carboniferous) Kladno Formation of the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic).

## Description

*Microbrachis* was an elongated, [salamander](/source/Salamander)-like creature, about 15 centimetres (6 in) long, with over 40 [vertebrae](/source/Vertebra) instead of the average 15–26 in its living relatives. It had minute limbs, and probably swam using [fish](/source/Fish)-like lateral body movements. *Microbrachis* probably fed on fresh water [plankton](/source/Plankton) such as [shrimp](/source/Shrimp). *Microbrachis* was [pedomorphic](/source/Pedomorphosis), retaining its [larval](/source/Larva) [gills](/source/Gill) in adulthood. Similar traits are found in the extant [axolotl](/source/Axolotl).[1]

## References

1. Palmer, D. (ed.) (1999). *The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals*. London: Marshall Editions. p. 55. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

## Further reading

- Andrew R. Milner, "The Tetrapod Assemblage from Nýrany, Czechoslovakia", in Systematics Association Special Volume No.15, "The Terrestrial Environment and the Origin of Land Vertebrates", ed. by A. L. Panchen, 1980, pp. 439–496, Academic Press, London and New York

## External links

- [Microbrachis, The Type Microsaur (abstract)](http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1967RSPTB.252..131B)

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