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Palatinerpeton

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Palatinerpeton
Temporal range: Asselian
~298–290 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Clade: Stereospondylomorpha (?)
Genus: Palatinerpeton
Boy, 1996
Type species
Palatinerpeton kraetschmeri
Boy, 1996

Palatinerpeton is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian.[1] Fossils have been found in the Lauterecken-Odernheim Formation of Germany.[2]

Phylogeny

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Palatinerpeton is one of several Late Carboniferous and Early Permian European temnospondyls with uncertain affinities; the others include Iberospondylus, Sclerocephalus, and Cheliderpeton. Phylogenetic studies have placed them as either early representatives of a group called Stereospondylomorpha, or close relatives of a group called Eryopidae. Stereospondylomorpha is a large clade mostly made up of Mesozoic taxa, while Eryopidae is a small family consisting of several Carboniferous and Permian temnospondyls. These two groups are usually considered distantly related. Schoch & Witzmann (2009) conducted a phylogenetic analysis in which Eryopidae and Stereospondylomorpha were found to be closely related, both members of a clade called Eryopoidea. Palatinerpeton was found to be the sister taxon of Eryopoidea. Below is a cladogram from their study:[1]

Temnospondyli

References

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  1. ^ a b Schoch, R. R.; Witzmann, F. (2009). "Osteology and relationships of the temnospondyl genusSclerocephalus". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 135. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00535.x.
  2. ^ Palatinerpeton at Fossilworks.org