Albanerpeton gracilis Gardner 2000 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

Alternative combination: Albanerpeton gracile

Full reference: J. D. Gardner. 2000. Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian and Maastrichtian) of North America. Geodiversitas 22(3):349-388

Belongs to Albanerpeton according to M. Venczel and J. D. Gardner 2005

See also Gardner 2000, Gardner and Böhme 2008 and Gardner et al. 2003

Sister taxa: Albanerpeton arthridion, Albanerpeton cifellii, Albanerpeton galaktion, Albanerpeton inexpectatum, Albanerpeton nexuosus, Albanerpeton pannonicum

Type specimen: RTMP 95.181.70, a partial skull (left premaxilla). Its type locality is RTMP L0410, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (15: Alberta collections), United States (2: Texas, Utah)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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