Sillerpeton is an extinct genus of aïstopod tetrapodomorphs within the family Phlegethontiidae. It contains a single species, Sillerpeton permianum, which is based on braincases and vertebrae from the Early Permian Richards Spur locality of Oklahoma.[1][2][3]
| Sillerpeton Temporal range: Early Permian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Aistopoda |
| Family: | †Phlegethontiidae |
| Genus: | †Sillerpeton Lund, 1978 |
| Species: | †S. permianum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sillerpeton permianum Lund, 1978
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References
edit- ^ Lund, Richard (10 March 1978). "Anatomy and relationships of the family Phlegethontiidae (Amphibia, Aistopoda)". Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 47: 53–79. doi:10.5962/p.215819. S2CID 155937401.
- ^ Anderson, Jason S. (2002). "Revision of the aïstopod genus Phlegethontia (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli)". Journal of Paleontology. 76 (6): 1029–1046. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<1029:ROTAGP>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0022-3360.
- ^ MacDougall, Mark J.; Tabor, Neil J.; Woodhead, Jon; Daoust, Andrew R.; Reisz, Robert R. (2017-06-01). "The unique preservational environment of the Early Permian (Cisuralian) fossiliferous cave deposits of the Richards Spur locality, Oklahoma". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 475: 1–11. Bibcode:2017PPP...475....1M. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.02.019. ISSN 0031-0182.
See also
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