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Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs

Sillerpeton
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Aistopoda
Family: Phlegethontiidae
Genus: Sillerpeton
Lund, 1978
Species: S. permianum
Binomial name
Sillerpeton permianum
Lund, 1978

Sillerpeton is an extinct genus of aïstopod tetrapodomorphs within the family Phlegethontiidae. It contains a single species, Sillerpeton permianum, which is based on braincases and vertebrae from the Early Permian Richards Spur locality of Oklahoma.

References

  1. Lund, Richard (10 March 1978). "Anatomy and relationships of the family Phlegethontiidae (Amphibia, Aistopoda)". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 47: 53–79. doi:10.5962/p.215819. S2CID 155937401.
  2. Anderson, Jason S. (2002). "Revision of the aïstopod genus Phlegethontia (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli)". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (6): 1029–1046. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<1029:ROTAGP>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360.
  3. MacDougall, Mark J.; Tabor, Neil J.; Woodhead, Jon; Daoust, Andrew R.; Reisz, Robert R. (2017-06-01). "The unique preservational environment of the Early Permian (Cisuralian) fossiliferous cave deposits of the Richards Spur locality, Oklahoma". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 475: 1–11. Bibcode:2017PPP...475....1M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.02.019. ISSN 0031-0182.

See also

Tetrapodomorpha (Pan-Tetrapoda)
Gnathostomata
Tetrapodomorpha
    • see below↓
Tetrapodomorpha
Tetrapodomorpha
Rhizodontida
Canowindridae
Megalichthyidae
Eotetrapodiformes
Tristichopteridae
Elpistostegalia
Stegocephali (Tetrapoda sensu lato)
    • see below↓
Rhizodus sp.

Osteolepis macrolepidotus Eusthenopteron foordi

Tiktaalik rosae
Stegocephali (Tetrapoda sensu lato)
Devonian taxa
Elginerpetontidae
Post-Devonian taxa
Aistopoda
Oestocephalidae
Phlegethontioidea
Phlegethontiidae
Whatcheeriidae
Colosteidae
Adelospondyli
Adelogyrinidae
"Nectridea"
Baphetoidea
Baphetidae
Embolomeri
Gephyrostegidae
Other "anthracosaurs"
Crown group
Tetrapoda
Temnospondyli (Batrachomorpha
Reptiliomorpha (Pan-Amniota)
Phlegethontia longissima

Acanthostega gunnari Crassigyrinus scoticus Eucritta melanolimnetes Archeria crassidisca

Bruktererpeton fiebigi
Related topics
Paraphyletic /
Polyphyletic groups
Other topics
Taxon identifiers
Sillerpeton


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