Dendrerpeton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Dendrerpeton Fossil range: Late Carboniferous |
||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
||||||||||
| Conservation status | ||||||||||
|
Fossil
|
||||||||||
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
| Binomial name | ||||||||||
| Dendrerpeton acadianum[1] |
Dendrerpeton is an extinct genus of amphibian. They are generally found associated with hollows of the Lepidodendron and Sigillaria tree genera, for which their fossils are contained within. These fossils are disarticulated and flattened providing poor specimens. In this species the stapes was used as a support structure for the ear than for hearing as in later tetropods[1].
The specimens are generally 100 cm, large otic notch in the back of the skull [2].
[edit] References
- ^ a b Dendrerpeton and Joggins, Nova Scotia (11 May 2008).
- ^ Temnospondyli section on Dendrerpeton (11 May 2008).
 |
This paleontology article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 This amphibian article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
