Melanerpeton

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

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

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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