Wesserpeton evansae

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: Wesserpeton evansae

Name

Wesserpeton evansae Sweetman & Gardner, 2012

Holotype: NHMUK PV R36521, substantially complete fused frontals (Fig. 3C, 4A, 12D).

Type locality: Bed 38 (Radley 1994) occurring about 4 m below the top of the Wessex Formation, exposed at Yaverland on the south-east coast of the Isle of Wight, southern England, NGR SZ 61693 85223 (Figs. 1, 2).

Etymology: For Professor Susan E. Evans (University College London) in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of microvertebrate palaeontology and to the author's understanding of Albanerpetontidae.

References

• Steven C. Sweetman & James D. Gardner 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.