Melanerpeton

Melanerpeton; Temporal range: Early Permian
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;

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

References[edit]

Werneburg, R. (2007) Timeless design: colored pattern of skin in early Permian branchiosaurids (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, 1047–1050.
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