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Huskerpeton

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Huskerpeton
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Microsauria
Clade: Recumbirostra
Genus: Huskerpeton
Huttenlocker et al., 2013
Type species
Huskerpeton englehorni
Huttenlocker et al., 2013

Huskerpeton is an extinct genus of recumbirostran microsaur amphibian from the Early Permian Eskridge Formation of Nebraska, United States. It contains a single species, Huskerpeton englehorni.[1] The genus was named for the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers.

References

  1. ^ Huttenlocker, A. K.; Pardo, J. D.; Small, B. J.; Anderson, J. S. (2013). "Cranial morphology of recumbirostrans (Lepospondyli) from the Permian of Kansas and Nebraska, and early morphological evolution inferred by micro-computed tomography". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (3): 540. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.728998.