Altenglanerpeton

Altenglanerpeton
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous or Early Permian, 299 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Microsauria
Clade: Recumbirostra
Genus: Altenglanerpeton
Glienke, 2012
Type species
Altenglanerpeton schroederi
Glienke, 2012

Altenglanerpeton is an extinct genus of microsaur tetrapod from the Late Carboniferous or Early Permian of Germany.[1] Altenglanerpeton was named in 2012 after the Altenglan Formation in which it was found. The type and only species is A. schroederi.

  1. ^ Glienke, S. (2012). "A new "microsaur" (Amphibia; Lepospondyli) from the Rotliegend of the Saar–Palatinate region (Carboniferous/Permian transition; West Germany)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift. 86 (3): 297–311. doi:10.1007/s12542-012-0130-8.