Melanerpeton moravicum Fritsch 1883 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Belongs to Melanerpeton according to R. L. Carroll et al. 1972

Sister taxa: Melanerpeton arnhardti, Melanerpeton eisfeldi, Melanerpeton humbergense, Melanerpeton latirostre, Melanerpeton pusillum, Melanerpeton sembachense

Type specimen: Its type locality is 'Pricna zmola', Malá Lhota, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial horizon in the Bacov Formation of the Czech Republic

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at 'Pricna zmola', Malá Lhota

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