Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dendrerpetidae
Synonym: Erpetocephalus Huxley 1867
Full reference: R. Owen. 1853. Notes on the above-described fossil remains. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 9:66-67
Parent taxon: Dendrerpetonidae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014
See also Carroll 1967, Carroll 1988, Gauthier et al. 1989, Haubold et al. 2005, Hay 1902, Maddin et al. 2012, Owen 1860, Owen 1861, Roemer 1856, Schoch 2013 and Steen 1934
Sister taxa: Dendrysekos, Platystegos
Subtaxa: Dendrerpeton acadianum Dendrerpeton annectens Dendrerpeton confusum Dendrerpeton rugosum
Type: Dendrerpeton acadianum
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (4: Nova Scotia collections), Ireland (1)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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