Peronedon

{{Short description|Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Peronedon

| fossil_range = Early Permian

| authority = Olson, 1970

| type_species = {{extinct}}Peronedon primus

| type_species_authority = Olson, 1970

}}

Peronedon is an extinct genus of nectrideans in the family Diplocaulidae. It is distinguished from other diplocaulids by the absence of a postorbital.{{cite journal |last=Germain |first=D. |year=2010 |title=The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana |journal=Historical Biology |volume=22 |issue=1–3 |pages=4–39 |doi=10.1080/08912961003779678 }}

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010):

{{clade| style=font-size:100%;line-height:85%

|label1=Nectridea

|1={{clade

|1=Ptyonius

|label2=Urocordylidae

|2={{clade

|1=Sauropleura

|2=Urocordylus}}

|3={{clade

|1=Scincosaurus

|label2=Diplocaulidae

|2={{clade

|1=Keraterpeton

|2={{clade

|1=Diceratosaurus

|2={{clade

|1=Batrachiderpeton

|2={{clade

|1=Peronedon

|2={{clade

|1=Diplocaulus magnicornis

|2={{clade

|1=Diploceraspis

|2=Diplocaulus minimus

}} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

References