Peronedon

Peronedon
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Nectridea
Family: †Diplocaulidae
Genus: †Peronedon
Olson, 1970
Type species
†Peronedon primus
Olson, 1970

Peronedon is an extinct genus of nectrideans in the family Diplocaulidae. It is distinguished from other diplocaulids by the absence of a postorbital.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010):

Nectridea

References

  1. 1 2 Germain, D. (2010). "The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 4–39. doi:10.1080/08912961003779678.