Cheliderpeton Fritsch 1877 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli

Parent taxon: Stereospondylomorpha according to R. R. Schoch and F. Witzmann 2009

See also Carroll 1988, Schoch and Milner 2000 and Yates and Warren 2000

Sister taxa: Archegosaurus, Glanochthon, Konzhukoviidae, Korkonterpeton, Sclerocephalidae, Sclerocephalus, Stereospondyli

Subtaxa: Cheliderpeton lellbachae Cheliderpeton vranyi

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Type: Cheliderpeton vranyi

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of the Czech Republic (3 collections), Germany (1)

• Rotliegendes of the Czech Republic (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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