| Affiliation: | (1) Naturhistorisches Museum Schloss Bertholdsburg Schleusingen, Burgstr. 6, D-98553 Schleusingen, Germany;(2) Laboratoire de Paléontologie, UMR 8569 du CNRS, Museum national d, Histoire naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, France |
| Abstract: | The temnospondylCheliderpeton vranyi Fritsch, 1877 from the Lower Permian Ruprechtice horizon (Rotliegend) of the Intrasudetic Basin (Bohemia, Czech Republic) is redescribed. Many features of the skeleton permit a new understanding of the type species and consequently of the genus. Diagnostic characters are the narrow and round-tipped snout, straight to convex outline of the skull roof, narrow and long otic notch, posteriorly expanded quadratojugal, and the relatively wide and short rhombic interclavicle. The ilium with a short, expanded dorsal branch and the missing contact of nasal/maxilla are features shared with the related Upper PermianIntasuchus from Russia and the Eryopidae.Actinodon germanicus is a junior synonym ofCheliderpeton vranyi. |
