Mesanerpeton woodi Smithson and Clack 2018 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda

Full reference: T. R. Smithson and J. A. Clack. 2018. A new tetrapod from Romer’s Gap reveals an early adaptation for walking. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 108:89-97

Belongs to Mesanerpeton according to T. R. Smithson and J. A. Clack 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMS G. 2012.39.13, a partial skeleton (right clavicle, humerus and ulna, with a neural arch, centrum and rib, preserved on a single block of matrix). Its type locality is Willie’s Hole Bed 3 (plant bed), which is in a Tournaisian floodplain siltstone in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Willie’s Hole Bed 3 (plant bed)

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