Micromelerpeton ulmetense Boy 2002 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Full reference: J. A. Boy. 2002. Über die Mircomelerpetonidae (Amphibia: Temnospondyli). 2. Micromelerpeton ulmetense n. sp. und Micromelerpeton(?) boyi Heyler. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 223:241-274

Belongs to Micromelerpeton according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Boy 2002

Sister taxa: Micromelerpeton boyi, Micromelerpeton credneri

Type specimen: GPIM-N 2013, a skull. Its type locality is Locality S1, Ulmet, which is in a Gzhelian lacustrine deltaic horizon in the Meisenheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Locality S1, Ulmet

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.