†Melanerpeton arnhardti Werneburg 1988 (tetrapod)
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae
Belongs to Melanerpeton according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
Sister taxa: Melanerpeton eisfeldi, Melanerpeton humbergense, Melanerpeton latirostre, Melanerpeton moravicum, Melanerpeton pusillum, Melanerpeton sembachense
Type specimen: NMSch (SAS) 195/43-44, a partial skeleton (skull and anterior portion of postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Lochbrunnen, near Oberhof, which is in a Sakmarian lacustrine shale in the Oberhof Formation of Germany.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Lochbrunnen, near Oberhof
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