Sinerpeton

Name: Sinerpeton ‭(‬Chinese creeper‭)‬.
Phonetic: Sy-ner-pe-ton.
Named By: K.‭ ‬-Q.‭ ‬Gao‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Shubin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Amphibia, Caudata.
Species: S.‭ ‬fengshanensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About‭ ‬5‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: China,‭ ‬Hebei Province‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zhangjiakou Formation.
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Almost complete and articulated skeleton.

       Sinerpeton is a genus of small salamander that live in China during the last stage of the Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Late Jurassic salamanders from northern China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nature‭ ‬410:574-577‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬-Q.‭ ‬Gao‭ & ‬N.‭ ‬H.‭ ‬Shubin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2001.

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