Stegotretus

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Stegotretus
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous or Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: "Microsauria"
Family: Gymnarthridae
Genus: Stegotretus
Berman et al., 1988
Type species
Stegotretus agyrus
Berman et al., 1988

Stegotretus is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian within the family Gymnarthridae. It is known from the CarboniferousPermian boundary of New Mexico.[1]

References

  1. Berman, D.S.; Eberth, D.A.; and Brinkman, D.B. (1988). "Stegotretus agyrus, a new genus and species of microsaur (amphibian) from the Permo-Pennsylvanian of New Mexico". Annals of the Carnegie Museum 57: 293–323. 
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