Shirerpeton Explained

Shirerpeton is an extinct genus of albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous Kuwajima Formation, which is located in Japan.[1] The type species is Shirerpeton isajii, which was described by Masumoto & Evans in 2018.[2] Shirerpeton represents the first record of Albanerpetontidae in East Asia and the holotype is SBEI 2459, a small block bearing most of a disarticulated but associated skull with some postcranial elements present as well.

Phylogeny

From Daza et al (2020):[3]

Notes and References

  1. Fujita, M. (2003). "Geological age and correlation of the vertebrate-bearing horizons in the Tetori Group". Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum. 2: 3–14.
  2. Ryoko Matsumoto . Susan E. Evans . 2018 . The first record of albanerpetontid amphibians (Amphibia: Albanerpetontidae) from East Asia . PLOS ONE . 13 . 1 . e0189767 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0189767 . 5752013 . 29298317. 2018PLoSO..1389767M . free .
  3. Daza . Juan D. . Stanley . Edward L. . Bolet . Arnau . Bauer . Aaron M. . Arias . J. Salvador . Čerňanský . Andrej . Bevitt . Joseph J. . Wagner . Philipp . Evans . Susan E. . 2020-11-06 . Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders . Science . en . 370 . 6517 . 687–691 . 2020Sci...370..687D . 10.1126/science.abb6005 . 0036-8075 . 33154135 . 226254862.

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