Melanerpeton
| Melanerpeton | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Amphibia
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| Order: | Temnospondyli
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| Family: | |
| Genus: | Melanerpeton Fritsch 1878
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| Species | |
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M.arnhardti | |
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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