Melanerpeton

Melanerpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian that lived during the Permian approximately 285 million years ago in what would become Europe.

Melanerpeton Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	Dissorophoidea
Family:	Branchiosauridae
Genus:	Melanerpeton Fritsch 1878
Species
M.arnhardti M.spiniceps M.eisfeldi M.sembachense M.falax M.sacheti M.humbergense M.pusillum M.latirostris M.pulcherrimum M.longicaudatum M.potamites M.magnum M.moravicum M.perneri

References

• Werneburg, R. (2007) Timeless design: colored pattern of skin in early Permian branchiosaurids (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, 1047–1050.
• Fossilworks Paleobiological database