| Palaeoherpeton | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Embolomeri |
| Genus: | †Palaeoherpeton Panchen, 1970 |
| Type species | |
| Palaeogyrinus decorus Watson, 1926 | |
Palaeoherpeton is anextinctgenus ofeogyrinidembolomere which lived in thePennsylvanian (lateCarboniferous) ofScotland. It is primarily known from a series of relatively small but well-preserved skulls. Some of these have among the best braincase and middle ear material known in embolomeres.[1] Originally given thespecies namePalaeogyrinus decorus, this was later corrected toPalaeoherpeton decorum when it was determined thatPalaeogyrinus was a name preoccupied by a genus ofbeetles.[2][3]
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