Melanerpeton eisfeldi Werneburg 1988 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

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

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

Type specimen: MNG 2992-68, a skeleton. Its type locality is Gottlob quarry, Friedrichroda, which is in an Asselian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Goldlauterer Formation of Germany.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gottlob quarry, Friedrichroda

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