Elginerpetontidae
Temporal range: Frasnian
Life restoration of Elginerpeton pancheni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Stegocephali
Family: †Elginerpetontidae
Ahlberg, 1995

Elginerpetontidae is an extinct family of basal stegocephalian tetrapodomorphs which lived in Europe during the Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian epoch. It contains the genera Elginerpeton, Obruchevichthys and Webererpeton.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Ahlberg, P. E. (1995). "Elginerpeton pancheni and the earliest tetrapod clade". Nature. 373 (6513): 420–425. Bibcode:1995Natur.373..420A. doi:10.1038/373420a0. S2CID 4344655.
  2. ^ Clément, G.; Lebedev, O. (2014). "Revision of the early tetrapod Obruchevichthys Vorobyeva, 1977 from the Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the North-western East European Platform". Paleontological Journal. 48 (10): 1082–1091. Bibcode:2014PalJ...48.1082C. doi:10.1134/S0031030114100037. S2CID 129908361.


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