Biology:Buettnererpeton
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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians
| Buettnererpeton Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
| Family: | †Metoposauridae |
| Genus: | †Buettnererpeton Gee & Kufner, 2022 |
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| †Buettnererpeton bakeri Case, 1931
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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
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q114652625 entry
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