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527 / Paleozoic
Doleserpeton
Doleserpeton annectens
A short trunk, mobile neck and ear region approach the body plan of modern amphibian ancestors.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 290 million years ago
- Final stage
- Early Permian
- Geographic range
- Seasonal forest streams · Oklahoma, USA
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Doleserpeton?
Doleserpeton (Doleserpeton annectens) was an extinct organism known from About 290 million years ago, with a range in Seasonal forest streams · Oklahoma, USA.
Life and ecology
It hunted small arthropods in humid woodland and may have used rapid tongue action.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Doleserpeton disappear?
Permian drying and turnover among small tetrapods are possible context; a specific cause is not established.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Doleserpeton?
Bone beds preserve skulls, teeth and hearing structures; its exact phylogenetic position varies.
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