Milnererpeton Temporal range: Late Carboniferous | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | † Temnospondyli |
Family: | † Branchiosauridae |
Subfamily: | † Branchiosaurinae |
Genus: | † Milnererpeton Hunt et al., 2002 |
Type species | |
†Milnererpeton huberi (Hunt et al., 1996 [originally Milneria huberi]) |
Milnererpeton is an extinct genus of branchiosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Late Carboniferous of New Mexico. [1] The genus was originally described in 1996 under the name Milneria, [2] but since the name Milneria is preoccupied by a genus of mollusks, the name Milnererpeton was proposed as a replacement in 2002. [3] The only species is Milnererpeton huberi.