Apateon gracilis Credner 1881

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Branchiosauridae

Alternative combination: Branchiosaurus gracilis

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

Sister taxa: Apateon caducus, Apateon dracyi, Apateon flagrifer, Apateon intermedius, Apateon kontheri, Apateon pedestris, Apateon umbrosus, Salamandrella keyseringli

Type specimen: SCD-S756/759, a partial skeleton (complete large skull and anterior postcranial skeleton). Its type locality is Niederhaslich, which is in a Sakmarian lacustrine limestone in the Niederhäslich-Schweinsdorf Formation of Germany.

Distribution:

• Permian of France (1 collection), Germany (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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