Melanerpeton
| Melanerpeton | |
|---|---|
| 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
- Werneburg, R. (2007) Timeless design: colored pattern of skin in early Permian branchiosaurids (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, 1047-1050.
- Fossilworks Paleobiological database[1]
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