Bageherpeton

Bageherpeton is an extinct genus of archaegosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Upper Permian period of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Paleorrota). It was found in the Rio do Rasto Formation, and was named in honor of the city of Bagé near where it was found. It was described from a lower jaw.[1]

Bageherpeton
Temporal range: Upper Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Order:
Temnospondyli
Family:
Archegosauridae
Genus:
Bageherpeton

Dias-da-Silva & Barberena, 2001.
Species
  • B. longignathus (Dias-da-Silva e Barberena, (2001) (type)

References
  1. A Temnospondyl Amphibian from the Rio do Rasto Formation, Upper Permian of Southern Brazil.


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