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Melanerpeton

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Melanerpeton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Temnospondyli
Superfamily:
Dissorophoidea
Family:
Branchiosauridae
Genus:
Melanerpeton

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]


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