Kourerpeton
| Kourerpeton Temporal range: Permian or Early Triassic
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| Family: | †Kourerpetidae
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| Genus: | †Kourerpeton Olson and Lammers, 1976
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Kourerpeton is an extinct
Age and location
Because it was not found in situ, the provenance and age of Kourerpeton is unknown. The fossils are rumored to have been from the
Early Permian San Angelo Formation in Texas, which has also been the source of the tupilakosaurid Slaugenhopia. The San Angelo Formation is in close proximity to the Glen Rose Formation, occurring in a north–south belt across north-central Texas about 80 miles (130 km) west of Glen Rose.[1]
Classification
Kourerpeton is usually classified in its own dvinosaurian family, the Kourerpetidae. Milner and Sequeira (2004) suggested that Kourerpeton may be a tupilakosaurid based on similarities with the genus Slaugenhopia. Like Slaugenhopia, Kourerpeton possesses enlarged
stem-tupilakosaurid.[1]
See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
Notes
- ^ The only temnospondyl known from the Cretaceous is the chigutisaurid Koolasuchus, which was the latest surviving temnospondyl.
References
- ^ doi:10.1671/1974.
- ^ a b Olson, E. C.; Lammers, G. E. (1976). "A new brachiopoid amphibian". In C. S. Churcher (ed.). Athlon: Essays on Palaeontology in Honour of Loris Shano Russell. Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum. pp. 45–57.
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- ISBN 0-7167-1822-7.
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External links
- Kourerpeton in the Paleobiology Database