- Nigerpeton
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Nigerpeton
Temporal range: Late Permian
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli Superfamily: Edopoidea Family: Cochleosauridae Subfamily: Cochleosaurinae Genus: Nigerpeton
Sidor et al., 2005Species - Nigerpeton ricqlesi
Nigerpeton is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian which lived during the Permian period some 250 million years ago in Niger. Specimens of Nigerpeton were first collected during field work in the Moradi Formation in 2000 and 2003.
External links
- Steyer, J. S., Damiani, R., Sidor, C. A., O'Keefe, R., Larsson, H. C. E., Maga, A. & Ide, O. (2006) The vertebrate fauna of the Upper Permian of Niger. IV. Nigerpeton ricqlesi (Temnospondyli: Cochleosauridae), and the edopoid colonization of Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26, 18-28.
Categories:- Prehistoric amphibian stubs
- Temnospondyls
- Permian amphibians
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