Coloraderpeton
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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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 Peter Paul Vaughn described these remains in 1969.[1] A skull was later reported in an unpublished 1983 thesis and formally described by Jason S. Anderson in 2003.[2]
| Coloraderpeton Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Aistopoda |
| Family: | †Oestocephalidae |
| Genus: | †Coloraderpeton Vaughn, 1969 |
| Species: | †C. brilli |
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| †Coloraderpeton brilli Vaughn, 1969 | |
