Doleserpeton

Doleserpeton
Temporal range: Upper Permian 285 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Amphibamidae
Genus: †Doleserpeton
Species:
†D. annectens
Binomial name
†Doleserpeton annectens
Bolt, 1969

Doleserpeton is an extinct, monospecific genus of dissorophoidean temnospondyl within the family Amphibamidae that lived during the Upper Permian, 285 million years ago.[1] Doleserpeton is represented by a single species, Doleserpeton annectens, which was first described by John R. Bolt in 1969.[2] Fossil evidence of Doleserpeton was recovered from the Dolese Brothers Limestone Quarry in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.[3] The genus name Doleserpeton is derived from the initial discovery site in Dolese quarry of Oklahoma and the Greek root "herp-", meaning "low or close to the ground". This transitional fossil displays primitive traits of amphibians that allowed for successful adaptation from aquatic to terrestrial environments. In many phylogenies, lissamphibians appear as the sister group of Doleserpeton.[4]

  1. ^ Steyer, Sebastian (2012). Earth Before the Dinosaurs. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp. 75–77. ISBN 978-0-253-22380-7.
  2. ^ Sigurdsen, Trond, and John R. Bolt. "The Lower Permian Amphibamid Doleserpeton (temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea), the Interrelationships of Amphibamids, and the Origin of Modern Amphibians." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30.5 (2010): 1360-1377. Print.
  3. ^ "The Lower Permian Amphibamid Doleserpeton (temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea), the Interrelationships of Amphibamids, and the Origin of Modern Amphibians." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30.5 (2010): 1360-1377. Print.
  4. ^ Jennifer A. Clack (27 June 2012). Gaining Ground, Second Edition: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods. Indiana University Press. pp. 511–. ISBN 0-253-00537-X.