Arisierpeton

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.



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