| Adamanterpeton Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Family: | †Cochleosauridae |
| Genus: | †Adamanterpeton Milner and Sequeira, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| †Adamanterpeton ohioensis Milner and Sequeira, 1998
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Adamanterpeton (from Greek: Αδάμαντας adamantas, meaning 'diamond' and Greek: ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning 'creeping thing') is a genus of Edopoid Temnospondyl within the family Cochleosauridae. The type species A. ohioensis was named in 1998 and is currently the only known species within this genus.[1] Adamanterpeton is rare in the Linton vertebrate assemblage, with other amphibians like Sauropleura, Ophiderpeton, and Colosteus being more common.[2] Unlike other Linton vertebrates, Adamanterpeton may have been adapted to a terrestrial lifestyle.[1]
- ^ a b Milner, A.R.; Sequeira, S.E.K. (1998). "A cochleosaurid temnospondyl amphibian from the Middle Pennsylvanian of Linton, Ohio, U.S.A.". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 122 (1): 261–290. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1998.tb02532.x.
- ^ Hook, R.W.; Baird, D. (1988). "An overview of the Upper Carboniferous fossil deposit at Linton, Ohio". The Ohio Journal of Science. 88 (1): 55–60. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24.