Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Full reference: S. C. Sweetman and J. D. Gardner. 2013. A new albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(2):269-284
Belongs to Wesserpeton according to S. C. Sweetman and J. D. Gardner 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH R36521, a partial skull (substantially complete fused frontals). Its type locality is Yaverland bed 38, which is in a Barremian crevasse splay conglomerate in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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