Diploceraspis

Diploceraspis is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian. It lived in North America during the Permian period. It closely resembles its relative, Diplocaulus. It generally sports the same features as Diplocaulus, though it was smaller, measuring over 46 cm.[1] Beerbower originally recognised two species, D.burkei and D.conemaughensis, but they are no longer regarded as being distinct from one another as their size ranges were found to overlap.[2] Other species include D. meritae from Nebraska and an indeterminate species from Oklahoma.[3] Diplocaulus minimus of Late Permian Morocco may be of this genus.[2]

Diploceraspis
Temporal range: 299–270 Ma Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Amphibia
Subclass:
Lepospondyli
Order:
Nectridea
Family:
Keraterpetontidae
Genus:
Diploceraspis

Beerbower, 1963
Species:
D. burkei

References
  1. http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf
  2. Germain D. (2010). "The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 4–39. doi:10.1080/08912961003779678.
  3. May, William J.; Hall, Joseph D. (2016). "First Occurrence of the Diplocaulid Genus Diploceraspis from the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of Northern Oklahoma". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 119 (2): 193–199. doi:10.1660/062.119.0209.


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