Phonerpeton
Name:
Phonerpeton
(murderous creeper).
Phonetic: Fon-er-pe-ton.
Named By: D. W. Dilkes - 1990.
Synonyms: Acheloma pricei, Acheloma
whitei.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia,
Temnospondyli,Trematopidae.
Species: P. pricei (type), P. whitei.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA, Texas - Archer City
Formation & Nocona Formation.
Time period: Early Permian.
Fossil representation: Described from a partial
skull, further remains are now attributed to the genus.
Phonerpeton was a fairly small temnospondyl amphibian that lived in what is now Texas during the early Permian. As a temnospondyl, Phonerpeton would have been a predator of other small vertebrates such as fish and smaller amphibians, though larger invertebrates may have also been taken.
Further reading
- A new trematopsid amphibian (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea)
from the Lower Permian of Texas. - Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 30 (2): 222–243. - D. W. Dilkes -
1990.
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