Micromelerpeton boyi Heyler 1994 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Micromelerpetidae

Full reference: D. Heyler. 1994. Les branchiosaures stephaniens et permiens de Montceau-les-Mines et des bassins du Massif central. Quand le Massiff central etait sous l'equateur un ecosysteme carbonifere a Montceau-les-Mines 227-247

Belongs to Micromelerpeton according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Heyler 1994

Sister taxa: Micromelerpeton credneri, Micromelerpeton ulmetense

Type specimen: MNHN AUT 611, a skeleton. Its type locality is Saone et Laoire (Autun Formation), which is in an Autunian terrestrial horizon in the Autun Formation of France.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Saone et Laoire (Autun Formation)

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