Ophiderpeton kirktonense Milner 1994 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Aistopoda - Ophiderpetontidae

Full reference: A. C. Milner. 1994. The aïstopod amphibian from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84:363-368

Belongs to Ophiderpeton according to A. C. Milner 1994

See also Carroll et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Ophiderpeton amphiuminum, Ophiderpeton brownriggi, Ophiderpeton swisshelmense

Type specimen: NMS G 1988.3.1, a partial skeleton (articulated skull and anterior trunk). Its type locality is East Kirkton site (Units 70-82: East Kirkton Limestone), which is in a Brigantian spring shale/limestone in the East Kirkton Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at East Kirkton site (Units 70-82: East Kirkton Limestone)

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