Emeroleter

Em-e-roe-le-ter.
By Benjamin Gutierrez
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Gutierrez, B. (2015, December 15). Emeroleter. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/emeroleter/

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Name

Emeroleter.

Phonetic

Em-e-roe-le-ter.

Named By

M.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ivakhnenko‭ ‬-‭ ‬1997.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Procolophonomorpha,‭ ‬Nycteroleteridae,‭ ‬Nycteroleterinae.

Diet

Uncertain/Herbivore‭?

Species

E.‭ ‬levis‭

Size

About‭ ‬30‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Russian Federation‭ ‬-‭ ‬Urpalov Formation.

Time Period

Capitanian of the Permian.

Fossil representation

Almost complete articulated skeleton.

In Depth

       Emeroleter is a genus of nycteroleterid procolophonomorph that lived in what is now the Russian federation towards the end of the Permian period about two hundred and sixty-five to two hundred and fifty million years ago.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬New Late Permian nycteroleterids from Eastern Europe‭ ‬-‭ ‬Paleontological Journal‭ ‬31‭(‬5‭)‬:552-558‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬F.‭ ‬Ivakhnenko‭ ‬-‭ ‬1997.

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