Keraterpeton

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Keraterpeton
Fossil range: Late Carboniferous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Nectridea
Family: Keraterpetontidae
Genus: Keraterpeton

Keraterpeton is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian from the Carboniferous period. It was about 30 cm (1 ft) long.

Keraterpeton was a salamander-like creature with a long, laterally flattened tail enabling it to swim very well. Its skull was round and short. Although Keraterpeton had a long body, it did not have more vertebrae than average (15-26 on average).


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