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Limnerpeton Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 311.45–306.95 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Family:	†Amphibamidae
Genus:	†Limnerpeton Fritsch, 1881
Type species
†Limnerpeton modestum Fritsch, 1881

Limnerpeton is an extinct genus of dissorophoidean euskelian temnospondyl within the family Amphibamidae.

Taxonomy

Limnerpeton is currently restricted to the type species L. modestum, which is dubious but represents an amphibamid. The nominal species "Limnerpeton" laticeps was later assigned to the trematopid Mordex but has been placed in a separate trematopid genus Mattauschia following Milner (2018). The nominal species L." macrolepis was synonymized with laticeps by Milner and Sequeira (2003) and Milner (2018). "Limnerpeton" elegans was reassigned to Micromelerpetontidae and renamed Limnogyrinus by Milner (1986). "Limnerpeton" caducus is a junior synonym of Oestocephalus, while "Limnerpeton" obtusatum was synonymized with Microbrachis by Carroll and Gaskill (1978).

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

1. Milner, A.R. and Sequeira, S.E.K. 2003. Revision of the amphibian genus Limnerpeton (Temnospondyli) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (1): 123–141.
2. Andrew R. Milner (2018). Two primitive trematopid amphibians (Temnospondyli, Dissorophoidea) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. in press. doi:10.1017/S1755691018000725.
3. Milner, A.R.1986.Dissorophoid amphibians from the Upper Carboniferous of Nýřany. In: Z. Roček (ed.),StudiesinHerpetology,671–674.Charles University, Prague.
4. Carroll, R.L. and Gaskill, P. 1978. The Order Microsauria. Memoir of the American Philosophical Society 126: 1–211.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Tetrapodomorpha Order: Temnospondyli Tetrapodomorpha see Tetrapodomorpha Temnospondyli see Temnospondyli Dissorophoidea see below↓ Dissorophoidea
Dissorophoidea Stegops Micromelerpetontidae Branchierpeton Eimerisaurus Limnogyrinus Micromelerpeton Nyranerpeton Olsoniformes Palodromeus Trematopidae Acheloma Actiobates Anconastes Ecolsonia Fedexia Mattauschia Mordex Phonerpeton Rotaryus Tambachia Dissorophidae Anakamacops Arkanserpeton Aspidosaurus Astreptorhachis Iratusaurus Nooxobeia Platyhystrix Dissorophinae Broiliellus Diploseira? Dissorophus Eucacopinae Brevidorsum Cacops Conjunctio Kamacops Parioxys? Reiszerpeton Scapanops Zygosaurus Amphibamiformes Eoscopus Georgenthalia Gerobatrachus Kermitops Limnerpeton Nanobamus Platyrhinops Plemmyradytes Rubeostratilia Micropholidae Micropholis Pasawioops Tersomius Amphibamidae sensu stricto Amphibamus Doleserpeton Branchiosauridae Apateon Branchiosaurus Leptorophus Melanerpeton Milnererpeton Piasimotriton Schoenfelderpeton Tungussogyrinus Xerodromeus Lissamphibia? see Lissamphibia
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