Biology:Buettnererpeton

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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians

Buettnererpeton
Temporal range: Late Triassic
Holotype skull of Buettnererpeton bakeri.png
Holotype skull
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Metoposauridae
Genus: Buettnererpeton
Gee & Kufner, 2022
Type species
Buettnererpeton bakeri
Case, 1931
Synonyms

Buettnererpeton is an extinct genus of large temnospondyl amphibians known from the Late Triassic Dockum Group in Texas. The type species, B. bakeri, was long classified as part of other genera, such as Metoposaurus and Koskinonodon, but was placed in its own genus in 2022.[1]

References

  1. Gee, Bryan M.; Kufner, Aaron M. (2022). "Revision of the Late Triassic metoposaurid "Metoposaurus" bakeri (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from Texas, USA and a phylogenetic analysis of the Metoposauridae". PeerJ 10: e14065. doi:10.7717/peerj.14065. 

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