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Peronedon

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Peronedon
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Nectridea
Family: Diplocaulidae
Genus: Peronedon
Olson, 1970
Type species
Peronedon primus
Olson, 1970

Peronedon is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian in the family Diplocaulidae. It is distinguished from other diplocaulids by the absence of a postorbital.[1]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010):[1]

Nectridea 

References

  1. ^ a b Germain, D. (2010). "The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 4–39. doi:10.1080/08912961003779678.