Macrerpeton
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Moscovian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Cochleosauridae
Genus: †Macrerpeton
Moodie, 1909
Species:
†M. huxleyi
Binomial name
†Macrerpeton huxleyi
(Cope, 1875) (type is Tuditanus huxleyi)

Macrerpeton is a genus of edopoid temnospondyl within the family Cochleosauridae. It contains a single species, Macrerpeton huxleyi. It was discovered in the fossil-rich Allegheny Formation of Linton, Ohio.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Hook, R.W.; Baird, D. (1988). "An overview of the Upper Carboniferous fossil deposit at Linton, Ohio". The Ohio Journal of Science. 88 (1): 55–60. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24.
  2. ^ Milner, A.R.; Sequeira, S.E.K. (1998). "A cochleosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Linton, Ohio, U.S.A." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 122 (1): 261–290. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02532.x.


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