"the smaller brachystelechids Carrolla (Maddin, Olori & Anderson, 2011) and Brachydectes (Pardo & Anderson, 2016)"
That's not Brachydectes, which is not a brachystelechid but a lysorophian; you evidently knew that and mean Quasicaecilia (Pardo, Szostakiwskyj & Anderson, 2015). Write a little more slowly! :-)
See also: "co-ossified posterior brains" (braincases of course).
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