Limnerpeton
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| Class: | Amphibia |
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| Genus: | †Limnerpeton Fritsch, 1881
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| †Limnerpeton modestum Fritsch, 1881
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Limnerpeton is an extinct
temnospondyl within the family Amphibamidae
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Taxonomy
Limnerpeton is currently restricted to the type species L. modestum, which is dubious but represents an amphibamid. The nominal species "Limnerpeton" laticeps was later assigned to the trematopid Mordex but has been placed in a separate trematopid genus Mattauschia following Milner (2018). The nominal species L." macrolepis was synonymized with laticeps by Milner and Sequeira (2003) and Milner (2018).[1][2] "Limnerpeton" elegans was reassigned to Micromelerpetontidae and renamed Limnogyrinus by Milner (1986).[3] "Limnerpeton" caducus is a junior synonym of Oestocephalus, while "Limnerpeton" obtusatum was synonymized with Microbrachis by Carroll and Gaskill (1978).[4]
See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References
- ^ Milner, A.R. and Sequeira, S.E.K. 2003. Revision of the amphibian genus Limnerpeton (Temnospondyli) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (1): 123–141.
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- ^ Milner, A.R.1986.Dissorophoid amphibians from the Upper Carboniferous of Nýřany. In: Z. Roček (ed.),StudiesinHerpetology,671–674.Charles University, Prague.
- ^ Carroll, R.L. and Gaskill, P. 1978. The Order Microsauria. Memoir of the American Philosophical Society 126: 1–211.