Peronedon

Peronedon is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian in the family Diplocaulidae. It is distinguished from other diplocaulids by the absence of a postorbital.[1]

Peronedon
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: Nectridea
Family: Diplocaulidae
Genus: Peronedon
Olson, 1970
Type species
Peronedon primus
Olson, 1970

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010):[1]

Nectridea 

Ptyonius

Urocordylidae

Sauropleura

Urocordylus

Scincosaurus

Diplocaulidae

Keraterpeton

Diceratosaurus

Batrachiderpeton

Peronedon

Diplocaulus magnicornis

Diploceraspis

Diplocaulus minimus

References

  1. 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.
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