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Milnererpeton

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Milnererpeton
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Family: Branchiosauridae
Subfamily: Branchiosaurinae
Genus: Milnererpeton
Hunt et al., 2002
Type species
Milnererpeton huberi
(Hunt et al., 1996 [originally Milneria huberi])

Milnererpeton is an extinct genus of branchiosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Carboniferous of New Mexico.[1] The genus was originally described in 1996 under the name Milneria,[2] but since the name Milneria is preoccupied by a genus of mollusks, the name Milnererpeton was proposed as a replacement in 2002.[3] The only species is Milnererpeton huberi.

References

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  1. ^ Werneburg, R.; Ronchi, A.; Schneider, J. R. W. (2007). "The Early Permian Branchiosaurids (Amphibia) of Sardinia (Italy): Systematic Palaeontology, Palaeoecology, Biostratigraphy and Palaeobiogeographic Problems". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 252 (3–4): 383. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.048.
  2. ^ Hunt, A.P.; Lucas, S.G.; Berman, S. (1996). "A new amphibamid (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from the Late Pennsylvanian (Middle Stephanian) of central New Mexico, USA". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 70: 555–565. doi:10.1007/BF02988092.
  3. ^ Hunt, A. P.; Lucas, S. G.; Berman, D. S. (2002). "Milnererpeton, a replacement name for the temnospondyl amphibianMilneria". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 76 (1). Springer-Verlag: 125. doi:10.1007/BF02988191. ISSN 0031-0220.