Archerpeton Carroll 1964 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Microsauria

Full reference: R. L. Carroll. 1964. The earliest reptiles. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 45(304):61-83

Parent taxon: Microsauria according to R. R. Reisz and S. P. Modesto 1996

See also Carroll 1964, Carroll 1988 and Haubold et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Altenglanerpeton, Amblyodon, Barillopus, Cymatorhiza, Dromillopus, Eurythorax, Haplosauri, Hylonomidae, Hyphasma, Microbrachidae, Microbrachomorpha, Novascoticus, Ornithoides, Paramicrobrachis, Pariostegus, Protritonidae, Ptyoniidae, Puertollanopus, Sauropleuridae, Saxonerpeton, Stenichnus, Thyrsidium, Tuditanomorpha, Urosauri, Utaherpeton

Subtaxa: Archerpeton anthracos

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Type: Archerpeton anthracos

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Joggins; Divison 4, Section XII, coal-group 26 (Carboniferous of Nova Scotia)

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