Balanerpeton Milner and Sequeira 1994 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: A. R. Milner and S. E. K. Sequeira. 1994. The temnospondyl amphibians from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84:331-361

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

See also Maddin et al. 2012, Milner and Sequeira 1994 and Schoch 2013

Sister taxa: Dendrerpetidae, Rhachitomi

Subtaxa: Balanerpeton woodi

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Type: Balanerpeton woodi

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at East Kirkton site (Units 70-82: East Kirkton Limestone) (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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