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Melanerpeton

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Extinct genus of amphibians

Melanerpeton
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
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
Dissorophoidea
Tetrapodomorpha
Temnospondyli
Dissorophoidea
    • see below↓
Dissorophoidea
Dissorophoidea
Micromelerpetontidae
Olsoniformes
Trematopidae
Dissorophidae
Dissorophinae
Eucacopinae
Amphibamiformes
Micropholidae
Amphibamidae
sensu stricto
Branchiosauridae
Lissamphibia?
Dissorophus multicinctus Georgenthalia clavinasica
Taxon identifiers
Melanerpeton


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