Peronedon

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Peronedon
Temporal range: Early Permian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Nectridea
Family: Diplocaulidae
Genus: Peronedon
Olson, 1970
Type species
Peronedon primus
Olson, 1970

Peronedon is an extinct genus of nectrideans in the family Diplocaulidae. It is distinguished from other diplocaulids by the absence of a postorbital. [1]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010): [1]

Nectridea  

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References

  1. 1 2 Germain, D. (2010). "The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 4–39. doi:10.1080/08912961003779678.