Name:
Madygenerpeton
(Madygen creeper).
Phonetic: May-de-jen-er-pe-ton.
Named By: R. R. Schoch, S. Voigt &
M. Buchwitz - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Reptiliomorpha,
Chroniosuchia, Chroniosuchidae.
Species: M. pustulatus
(type).
Diet: Piscivore/Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Kyrgyzstan - Madygen Formation.
Time period: Ladinian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Madygenerpeton is a genus of reptilomorph that lived in Kyrgyzstan during the Triassic. Like relative genera, Madygenerpeton had a row of bony plates that ran down the length of its spine.
Further reading
- A chroniosuchid from the Triassic of Kyrgyzstan and analysis of
chroniosuchian relationships. Zoological Journal of the Linnean
Society 160:515-530. - R. R. Schoch, S. Voigt &
M. Buchwitz - 2010.