Coloraderpeton Explained

Coloraderpeton is an extinct tetrapodomorph in the genus aïstopod within the family Oestocephalidae.^{[1] [2]} Coloraderpeton is known from the Carboniferous Sangre de Cristo Formation of Colorado, and was initially known from vertebrae, ribs, and scales recovered from a UCLA field expedition in 1966. Peter Paul Vaughn described these remains in 1969. A skull was later reported in an unpublished 1983 thesis and formally described by Jason S. Anderson in 2003.

Notes and References

1. Vaughn. Peter Paul. 26 June 1969. Upper Pennsylvanian vertebrates from the Sangre de Cristo Formation of Central Colorado. Los Angeles County Museum Contributions in Science. 164. 1-28. 22 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20160629121144/http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS164.pdf. 29 June 2016. dead.
2. Anderson . J. S. . 2003 . Cranial anatomy of Coloraderpeton brilli, postcranial anatomy of Oestocephalus amphiuminus, and reconsideration of Ophiderpetontidae (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli: Aistopoda). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 23 . 3 . 532–543 . 10.1671/1752.