Saxonerpeton (original) (raw)

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Extinct genus of tetrapods

_Saxonerpeton_Temporal range: Early Permian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Family: Hapsidopareiidae
Genus: †_Saxonerpeton_Carroll & Gaskill, 1978
Type species
†_Saxonerpeton geinitzi_Carroll & Gaskill, 1978

Saxonerpeton is an extinct genus of microsaur in the family Hapsidopareiidae. Fossils have been found from Early Permian strata near Dresden, Germany.[1]

  1. ^ Carroll, R. L.; Gaskill, P. (1978). "The Order Microsauria". Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. 126.