Galverpeton

Galverpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander. It lived during the Barremian-Aptian stages in the Early Cretaceous, in what is now Western Europe. The type species, Galverpeton ibericum, was described by Estes and Sanchíz in 1982. It was found in the Castellar Formation, part of the Galve fossil assemblage. The fossil is in the Institut Paleontologic Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell.[1][2][3]

Galverpeton
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Caudata
Genus:
Galverpeton

Estes & Sanchíz, 1982
Species
  • G. ibericum (type)
    Estes & Sanchíz (1982)

It is related to Apricosiren, Bishara, Hylaeobatrachus, Marmorerpeton, and Ramonellus.[4]

See also
  • Prehistoric amphibian
  • List of prehistoric amphibians

References
  1. Ruiz-Omeñaca, J.I.; Canudo, J.I.; Aurell, M.; Bádenas, B.; Barco, J.L.; Cuenca-Bescós, G.; Ipas, J. (2004). "Estado de Las Investigaciones Sobre Los Vertebrados del Jurasico Superior y Cretacico Inferior de Galve (Teruel)". Estudios Geológicos. 60: 179–202. doi:10.3989/egeol.04603-694.
  2. Haaramo, Mikko (2006-02-11). "Salamandrida - Salamanders". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  3. Estes, Richard; Borja Sanchíz (May 1982). "Early Cretaceous Lower Vertebrates from Galve (Teruel), Spain". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology. 2 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1080/02724634.1982.10011915. JSTOR 4522878.
  4. "Galverpeton". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2009-11-03.


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