''Pangerpeton'' is an extinct genus of
salamander
Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...
s. Its monotypic species is ''Pangerpeton sinensis''.
''Pangerpeton'' is a metamorphosed, primitive salamander from the
Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987.
In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...
Daohugou
The Haifanggou Formation (), also known as the Jiulongshan Formation (), is a fossil-bearing rock deposit located near Daohugou () village of Ningcheng County, in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China.
The formation consists of coarse conglomerates ...
fossil bed near Wubaiding Village of Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province, China. It is part of the
Yanliao Biota
The Yanliao Biota is the name given to an assembly of fossils preserved in northeastern China from the Middle to Late Jurassic.Xu, X., Zhou, Z., Sullivan, C. and Wang, Y., 2017. The Yanliao Biota: a trove of exceptionally preserved Middle-Late Jur ...
.
Yuan Wang and
Susan E. Evans (2006)
[Wang, Y., Evans, S. E., 2006. A new short-bodied salamander from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 51(1):127~130.] named this new taxon with a phylogenetic analysis of caudates at familial level including fossil taxa, such as ''
Marmorerpeton
''Marmorerpeton'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric stem group-salamanders that lived in Britain during the Bathonian stage of the Middle Jurassic.
They are among the oldest known salamanders. Two species were named when the genus was first ...
'', ''
Karaurus'', ''
Jeholotriton'', ''
Chunerpeton
''Chunerpeton tianyiensis'' is an extinct species of salamander from the Late Jurassic Daohugou Beds in Ningcheng County, Nei Mongol (Inner Mongolia), China. It is the only species classified under the genus ''Chunerpeton''. It was a small anima ...
'', ''
Liaoxitriton'', ''
Iridotriton
''Iridotriton'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander known from a fossil found in stratigraphic zone 6 of the late Jurassic Morrison FormationFoster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and T ...
'', and ''
Valdotriton''. The analysis placed ''Pangerpeton'' as a sister taxon to ''Jeholotriton'' from the equivalent fossil bed, and the two are close to the base of crown−group Urodela either just outside it or just within.
This Jurassic amphibian is characterized by its short trunk (only 14 presacrals) and short and wide head, giving a fat body shape, from which the genus name was derived ("Pang" means fat in Chinese).
See also
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Prehistoric amphibian
This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be amphibians, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted g ...
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List of prehistoric amphibians
This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all Genus, genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be amphibians, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accep ...
References
Cryptobranchoidea
Prehistoric amphibian genera
Jurassic salamanders
Jurassic amphibians of Asia
Fossil taxa described in 2006
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