| Palatinerpeton Temporal range: Asselian ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | † Temnospondyli |
| Clade: | † Stereospondylomorpha (?) |
| Genus: | † Palatinerpeton Boy, 1996 |
| Type species | |
| †Palatinerpeton kraetschmeri Boy, 1996 | |
Palatinerpeton is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian. [1] Fossils have been found in the Lauterecken-Odernheim Formation of Germany. [2]
Palatinerpeton is one of several Late Carboniferous and Early Permian European temnospondyls with uncertain affinities; the others include Iberospondylus , Sclerocephalus , and Cheliderpeton . Phylogenetic studies have placed them as either early representatives of a group called Stereospondylomorpha, or close relatives of a group called Eryopidae. Stereospondylomorpha is a large clade mostly made up of Mesozoic taxa, while Eryopidae is a small family consisting of several Carboniferous and Permian temnospondyls. These two groups are usually considered distantly related. Schoch & Witzmann (2009) conducted a phylogenetic analysis in which Eryopidae and Stereospondylomorpha were found to be closely related, both members of a clade called Eryopoidea. Palatinerpeton was found to be the sister taxon of Eryopoidea. Below is a cladogram from their study: [1]
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