Brachydectes
Brachydectes is an extinct genus of lysorophian amphibian that lived from the Carboniferous. It had a very small head and long body, B. elongatus had  long skull (averagely ) and pre-sacral length up to  (averagely ), while B. newberryi, which have proportionally larger skull than B. elongatus, for specimen with  skull roof had estimated total length of , while the largest skull exceeds . 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
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope