Madygenerpeton

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.



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