Uralerpeton

{{Short description|Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Upper Permian, {{fossil_range|255}}

| image = Uralerpeton2DB.jpg

| image_caption = Uralerpeton tverdokhlebovae

| display_parents = 3

| taxon = Uralerpeton

| authority = Golubev, 1998

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• †U. tverdokhlebovae Golubev, 1998 (type)

}}

Uralerpeton is an extinct genus of chroniosuchid reptiliomorph from upper Permian (upper Tatarian age) deposits of Vladimir Region, European Russia.{{cite journal |author=V. K. Golubev |year=1998 |title=Narrow-armored Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from the Late Permian of Eastern Europe |url=http://golubeff.narod.ru/PF/016e_Golubev_1998_Chroniosuchia_Permian_Russia.pdf |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=278–287 }}{{cite journal |author=V. K. Golubev |year=1998 |title=Revision of the Late Permian Chroniosuchians (Amphibia, Anthracosauromorpha) from Eastern Europe |url=http://golubeff.narod.ru/PF/017e_Golubev_1998_Chroniosuchia_Permian_Russia.pdf |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=390–401 }} It was first named by V. K. Golubev in 1998, from skull fragments and trunk scutes. The type species is Uralerpeton tverdokhlebovae, it was a large predator with a 50 – 55 cm skull and a total length that probably exceeded 3 m (9.3 ft).{{Cite web|url=http://palaeos.com/vertebrates/reptiliomorpha/chroniosuchia.html|title = Palaeos Vertebrates Reptiliomorpha: Chroniosuchia}}