Arizonerpeton

Arizonerpeton
Temporal range: Middle Pennsylvanian, 314–311 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Nectridea
Genus: Arizonerpeton
Thayer, 1985
Type species
Arizonerpeton wellsi
Thayer, 1985

Arizonerpeton is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs. It contains a single species, Arizonerpeton wellsi. It lived in what is now the Swisshelm Mountains of modern-day Arizona, United States.[1] This locality belongs to the Black Prince Limestone Formation, which is dated to the middle Pennsylvanian sub-period of the Carboniferous period.

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Arizonerpeton". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.