Palaeoherpeton
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, Westphalian A-B
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: †Embolomeri
Genus: †Palaeoherpeton
Panchen, 1970
Type species
Palaeogyrinus decorus
Watson, 1926

Palaeoherpeton is an extinct genus of eogyrinid embolomere which lived in the Pennsylvanian (late Carboniferous) of Scotland. It is primarily known from a series of relatively small but well-preserved skulls. Some of these have among the best braincase and middle ear material known in embolomeres.[1] Originally given the species name Palaeogyrinus decorus, this was later corrected to Palaeoherpeton decorum when it was determined that Palaeogyrinus was a name preoccupied by a genus of beetles.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Panchen, A. L. (1964-11-19). "The cranial anatomy of two coal measure anthracosaurs". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 247 (742): 593–636. doi:10.1098/rstb.1964.0006. JSTOR 2416627 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ Panchen, A. L. (10 February 1972). "The skull and skeleton of Eogyrinus attheyi Watson (Amphibia: Labyrinthodontia)". Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. 263 (851): 279–326. doi:10.1098/rstb.1972.0002. ISSN 0080-4622. JSTOR 2417176 – via JSTOR.
  3. ^ Panchen, A.L. (1977). "On Anthracosaurus russelli Huxley (Amphibia: Labyrinthodontia) and the family Anthracosauridae". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 279 (968): 447–512. doi:10.1098/rstb.1977.0096. JSTOR 2417840 – via JSTOR.


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