Shirerpeton Matsumoto and Evans 2018 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

Full reference: R. Matsumoto and S. E. Evans. 2018. The first record of albanerpetontid amphibians (Amphibia: Albanerpetontidae) from East Asia. PLoS ONE 13(1):e0189767:1-58

Parent taxon: Albanerpetontidae according to R. Matsumoto and S. E. Evans 2018

Sister taxa: Albanerpeton, Anoualerpeton, Celtedens, Nukusurus, Wesserpeton, Yaksha

Subtaxa: Shirerpeton isajii

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Type: Shirerpeton isajii

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kaseki-kabe (facies III), Shiramine (Cretaceous of Japan)

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