Name:
Sinerpeton
(Chinese creeper).
Phonetic: Sy-ner-pe-ton.
Named By: K. -Q. Gao & N. H.
Shubin - 2001.
Classification: Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata.
Species: S. fengshanensis
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 5 centimetres long.
Known locations: China, Hebei Province -
Zhangjiakou Formation.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Almost complete and
articulated skeleton.
Sinerpeton is a genus of small salamander that live in China during the last stage of the Jurassic.
Further reading
- Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China. - Nature
410:574-577 - K. -Q. Gao & N. H. Shubin -
2001.
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