Keraterpeton Wright and Huxley 1866 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Nectridea - Diplocaulidae

Alternative spelling: Ceraterpeton

Full reference: E. P. Wright and T. H. Huxley. 1866. On a collection of fossils from the Jarrow Colliery, Kilkenny. Geological Magazine 3:165-171

Parent taxon: Diplocaulidae according to R. L. Carroll et al. 1998

See also Beerbower 1963, Carroll 1988, Hay 1902 and Maddin et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Batrachiderpeton, Diceratosaurus, Diploceraspis, Hermundurichnus, Batrachiderpetontinae, Keraterpetontinae, Diplocaulinae, Diplocaulus

Subtaxa: Keraterpeton galvani Keraterpeton gigas Keraterpeton longtoni Keraterpeton punctolineatum

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Type: Keraterpeton galvani

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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