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365 / Paleozoic
Balanerpeton
Balanerpeton woodi
The ear region and sturdy limbs suggest more terrestrial activity than in many contemporaries.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 336 million years ago
- Final stage
- Early Carboniferous
- Geographic range
- Humid forest floor · Scotland
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Balanerpeton?
Balanerpeton (Balanerpeton woodi) was an extinct organism known from About 336 million years ago, with a range in Humid forest floor · Scotland.
Life and ecology
It hunted small animals among logs and litter but still depended on humid breeding sites.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Balanerpeton disappear?
Early forest and tetrapod turnover is possible context; the fossil record does not establish why the genus disappeared.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Balanerpeton?
Several East Kirkton skeletons preserve the skull, otic notch and feet.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS