Name
Pangerpeton.
Phonetic
Pan-ger-pe-ton.
Named By
Y. Wang & S. E. Evans - 2006.
Classification
Chordata, Amphibia, Urodela, Cryptobranchoidea.
Diet
Carnivore.
Species
P. sinensis
Size
Preserved length of holotype 4.63 centimetres long (snout to first two vertebrae of tail).
Known locations
China, Liaoning Province.
Time Period
Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation
Almost complete skeleton, lacking the tail.
Pangerpeton is a species of small short bodied salamander that lived in China during the late Jurassic.
- A new short-bodied salamander from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of China. - Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 51(1):127-130. - Y. Wang & S. E. Evans - 2006.
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