''Sillerpeton'' is an extinct
genus
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of
aïstopod tetrapodomorph
The Tetrapodomorpha (also known as Choanata) are a clade of vertebrates consisting of tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) and their closest sarcopterygian relatives that are more closely related to living tetrapods than to living lungfish. Advance ...
s within the
family
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Phlegethontiidae. It contains a single species, ''Sillerpeton permianum'', which is based on braincases and vertebrae from the
Early Permian Richards Spur
Richards Spur is a Permian fossil locality located at the Dolese Brothers Limestone Quarry north of Lawton, Oklahoma. The locality preserves clay and mudstone fissure fills of a karst system eroded out of Ordovician limestone and dolomite (rock), d ...
locality of Oklahoma.
References
See also
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List of prehistoric amphibian genera
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 gen ...
Aistopods
Cisuralian amphibians of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1978
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