Pangerpeton

Pan-ger-pe-ton.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Pangerpeton.

Phonetic

Pan-ger-pe-ton.

Named By

Y.‭ ‬Wang‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Evans‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Amphibia,‭ ‬Urodela,‭ ‬Cryptobranchoidea.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬sinensis‭

Size

Preserved length of holotype‭ ‬4.63‭ ‬centimetres long‭ (‬snout to first two vertebrae of tail‭)‬.

Known locations

China,‭ ‬Liaoning Province.

Time Period

Late Jurassic.

Fossil representation

Almost complete skeleton,‭ ‬lacking the tail.

In Depth

       Pangerpeton is a species of small short bodied salamander that lived in China during the late Jurassic.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A new short-bodied salamander from the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous of China.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬51‭(‬1‭)‬:127-130.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Y.‭ ‬Wang‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Evans‭ ‬-‭ ‬2006.

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