Shirerpeton isajii 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

Belongs to Shirerpeton according to R. Matsumoto and S. E. Evans 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SBEI 2459, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Kaseki-kabe (facies III), Shiramine, which is in a Barremian mire/swamp mudstone/sandstone in the Kuwajima Formation of Japan.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

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

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