Arkanserpeton is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl represented by a fragmentary isolated femur[1] and an isolated neural arch.[2] The specimens were reported from a semianthracite coal bed from the Paris Shale.[3] The names Paris Shale and Fort Smith Formation were abandoned, and the rocks that make up this section were placed in the Savanna Formation.[4] It is not considered to be sufficiently diagnostic and was designated as a nomen dubium by Schoch & Milner (2014).
Arkanserpeton Temporal range: Early Permian
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Family: | †Dissorophidae |
Genus: | †Arkanserpeton Lane, 1932 |
Type species | |
†Arkanserpeton arcuatum Lane, 1932
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References
edit- ^ Lane, H.H. "A new stegocephalian from the Pennsylvanian of Arkansas". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 20: 313–315 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Schoch, Rainer, R.; Milner, Andrew, R. (2014). Sues, Hans-Dieter (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie Part 3A2. Temnospondyli. Stuttgart: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. ISBN 9783931516260. OCLC 580976.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Lane, H.H. "A new stegocephalian from the Pennsylvanian of Arkansas". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 20: 313–315 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Hendricks, Thomas A.; Parks, Bryan (1950). "Geology of the Fort Smith District, Arkansas" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 221-E.