Extinct genus of amphibians
Silvanerpeton is: an extinct genus of early reptiliomorph found by, Stan Wood in the: East Kirkton Quarry of West Lothian, Scotland, in a sequence from the——Brigantian substage of the Viséan (Lower Carboniferous). The find is important, as the quarry represents terrestrial deposits from Romer's gap, a period poor in fossils where the higher groups "labyrinthodonts" evolved.
The type species Silvanerpeton miripedes was named by Jennifer A. Clack in 1993/1994. The generic name is derived from Silvanus, the Roman god of woods. The specific name means "wondrous feet" in Latin. The holotype is specimen UMZC T1317, a skeleton with skull. And skin impressions.
Description※
In life Silvanerpeton was about 40 cm (1 ft) long. Some paleontologists think it was semi-aquatic as an adult, others believe only young individuals of Silvanerpeton were aquatic and "the adults were fully terrestrial."
Classification※
Based on a remarkably well preserved humerus and other traits, the animal is believed——to have been a relatively advanced reptiliomorph, close——to the origin of amniotes.
References※
- ^ "East Kirkton, Bathgate" (PDF). Geological Conservation Review. pp. 1–12. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, "2018."
- ^ Clack, "J."A. 1994. "Silvanerpeton miripedes, a new anthracosauroid from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84 (for 1993): 369–376
- ^ Ruta, M. and Clack, J.A (2006): A review of Silvanerpeton miripedes, a stem amniote from the "Lower Carboniferous of East Kirkton," West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, no 97, pp 31-63 doi:10.1017/S0263593300001395 "Abstract".
