Melanerpeton

Melanerpeton Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Family:	†Branchiosauridae
Genus:	†Melanerpeton Fritsch 1878
Species
M.arnhardti M.spiniceps M.eisfeldi M.sembachense M.falax M.sacheti M.humbergense M.pusillum M.latirostris M.pulcherrimum M.longicaudatum M.potamites M.magnum M.moravicum M.perneri

Melanerpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian that lived during the Permian approximately 285 million years ago in what would become Europe.

References

• Werneburg, R. (2007) Timeless design: colored pattern of skin in early Permian branchiosaurids (Temnospondyli: Dissorophoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27, 1047–1050.
• Fossilworks Paleobiological database