Wesserpeton evansae

Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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  • 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.