Huskerpeton

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.

Huskerpeton
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: "Microsauria"
Clade: Recumbirostra
Genus: Huskerpeton
Huttenlocker et al., 2013
Type species
Huskerpeton englehorni
Huttenlocker et al., 2013

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.


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