Name:
Arisierpeton
(Arisi’s creeper).
Phonetic: Ah-ris-i-er-pe-ton.
Named By: Robert R. Riesz - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Synapsida,
Caseasauria, Caseidae.
Species: A. simplex (type).
Diet: Herbivore?
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: USA, Oklahoma.
Time period: Early Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial premaxilla and
vertebrae.
Arisierpeton
is a genus of caseid that lived in North America during the early
Permian. The genus is named in honour of Giuseppe Alberto Arisi,
the person who discovered the holotype fossil.
Further reading
- A small caseid synapsid, Arisierpeton simplex
gen. et sp.
nov., from the early Permian of Oklahoma, with a discussion of
synapsid diversity at the classic Richards Spur locality. &
PeerJ. 7. - Robert R. Riesz - 2019.