Melanerpeton

Melanerpeton
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Branchiosauridae
Genus: †
Fritsch 1878
Species

M.arnhardti
M.spiniceps
M.eisfeldi
M.sembachense
M.falax
M.sacheti
M.humbergense
M.pusillum
M.latirostris
M.pulcherrimum
M.longicaudatum
M.potamites
M.magnum
M.moravicum
M.perneri

Melanerpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian that lived during the Permian approximately 285 million years ago in what would become Europe.

References

  • Werneburg, R. (2007) Timeless design: colored pattern of skin in early Permian branchiosaurids (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, 1047–1050.
  • Fossilworks Paleobiological database[1]


  1. ^ "Fossilworks".
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