Perryella Carlson 1987 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Full reference: K. J. Carlson. 1987. Perryella, a new temnospondylous amphibian from the Lower Permian of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 61(1):135-147

Parent taxon: Rhachitomi according to R. R. Schoch 2019

See also Ruta and Bolt 2006 and Schoch and Milner 2014

Sister taxa: Dissorophoidea, Dvinosauria, Eryopiformes, Macrerpeton, Macromerium, Micropholoidea, Potamochoston, Sparagmites, Zatracheidae

Subtaxa: Perryella olsoni

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Perry site 5 ( of Oklahoma)

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