Wesserpeton

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Allocaudata

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: †Allocaudata

Familia: †Albanerpetontidae
Genus: †Wesserpeton
Species: W. evansae

Name

Wesserpeton Sweetman & Gardner, (in press, 2012)

Type species: Wesserpeton evansae Sweetman & Gardner, (in press, 2012)

Etymology: Wess, from Wessex, an ancient British kingdom which incorporated the Isle of Wight + erpeton, from the Greek ἑρπετόν (herpeton), meaning creeping animal and used in the construction of the name of the type genus Albanerpeton Fox and Naylor, 1982.

References

• Steven C. Sweetman & James D. Gardner (in press, 2012): A new albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight, southern England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica in press. DOI: 10.4202/app.2011.0109.