Beiyanerpeton

Beiyanerpeton
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Suborder: Salamandroidea
Genus: †Beiyanerpeton
Gao & Shubin, 2012
Type species
†Beiyanerpeton jianpingensis
Gao & Shubin, 2012

Beiyanerpeton is an extinct genus of salamandroid amphibians known from the Late Jurassic of western Liaoning Province, China. It contains a single species, B. jianpingensis. Alternative analyses suggest that B. jianpingensis is a stem salamander and not a salamandroid.

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