Melanerpeton
Extinct genus of amphibians
Melanerpeton Temporal range: Early Permian | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Temnospondyli |
Superfamily: | Dissorophoidea |
Family: | Branchiosauridae |
Genus: | Melanerpeton Fritsch 1878 |
Species | |
M.arnhardti |
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[1]
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