Peronedon

Peronedon
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: "Amphibia" (wide sense)
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: Nectridea
Family: Diplocaulidae
Genus: Peronedon
Olson, 1970
Type species
Peronedon primus
Olson, 1970

Peronedon is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian in the family Diplocaulidae. It is distinguished from other diplocaulids by the absence of a postorbital.[1]

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010):[1]

Nectridea 

Ptyonius


Urocordylidae

Sauropleura



Urocordylus





Scincosaurus


Diplocaulidae

Keraterpeton




Diceratosaurus




Batrachiderpeton




Peronedon




Diplocaulus magnicornis




Diploceraspis



Diplocaulus minimus










References

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