Dendrerpeton Owen 1853 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetidae

Synonym: Erpetocephalus Huxley 1867

Full reference: R. Owen. 1853. Notes on the above-described fossil remains. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 9:66-67

Parent taxon: Dendrerpetonidae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Carroll 1967, Carroll 1988, Gauthier et al. 1989, Haubold et al. 2005, Hay 1902, Maddin et al. 2012, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Roemer 1856, Schoch 2013 and Steen 1934

Sister taxa: Dendrysekos, Platystegos

Subtaxa: Dendrerpeton acadianum Dendrerpeton annectens Dendrerpeton confusum Dendrerpeton rugosum

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Type: Dendrerpeton acadianum

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Canada (4: Nova Scotia collections), Ireland (1)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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