Buettnererpeton is an extinct genus of large temnospondyls known from the Late Triassic Dockum Group in Texas. The type species, B. bakeri, was long classified as part of other genera, such as Metoposaurus and Koskinonodon, but was placed in its own genus in 2022.[1]
Buettnererpeton Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Metoposauridae |
Genus: | †Buettnererpeton Gee & Kufner, 2022 |
Type species | |
†Buettnererpeton bakeri Case, 1931
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References
edit- ^ Gee, Bryan M.; Kufner, Aaron M. (2022). "Revision of the Late Triassic metoposaurid "Metoposaurus" bakeri (Amphibia: Temnospondyli) from Texas, USA and a phylogenetic analysis of the Metoposauridae". PeerJ. 10: e14065. doi:10.7717/peerj.14065. S2CID 252894139.