Emeroleter

Emeroleter
Temporal range: Late Permian, Wuchiapingian
CT rendering of KPM uncat/E2, a skull referred to E. levis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Family: †Nycteroleteridae
Genus: †Emeroleter
Ivakhnenko, 1997
Type species
†Emeroleter levis
Ivakhnenko, 1997

Emeroleter is an extinct genus of nycteroleterid parareptile known from the early Late Permian of European Russia. It was a long-legged lizard-like small animal with a length about 30 cm.

Life restoration

References

  1. ↑ "Palaeos Vertebrates Anapsida: Nycteroleteridae".
  2. ↑ Bazzana-Adams, Kayla D.; MacDougall, Mark J.; Fröbisch, Jörg (2024-04-29). "Cranial anatomy of Emeroleter levis and the phylogeny of Nycteroleteridae". PLOS ONE. 19 (4) e0298216. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298216. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11057731. PMID 38683802.