| Arkanserpeton Temporal range: Pennsylvanian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | † Temnospondyli |
| Family: | † Dissorophidae |
| Genus: | † Arkanserpeton Lane, 1932 |
| Type species | |
| †Arkanserpeton arcuatum Lane, 1932 | |
Arkanserpeton is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl represented by a fragmentary isolated femur [1] and an isolated neural arch. [2] The specimens were reported from a semianthracite coal bed from the Paris Shale. [1] The names Paris Shale and Fort Smith Formation were abandoned, and the rocks that make up this section were placed in the Savanna Formation. [3] It is not considered to be sufficiently diagnostic and was designated as a nomen dubium by Schoch & Milner (2014).
