Macrerpeton

Macrerpeton
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian–Moscovian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Cochleosauridae
Genus: †Macrerpeton
Moodie, 1909
Species:
†M. huxleyi
Binomial name
†Macrerpeton huxleyi
(Cope, 1875) (type is Tuditanus huxleyi)

Macrerpeton is a genus of edopoid temnospondyl within the family Cochleosauridae. It contains a single species, Macrerpeton huxleyi. It was discovered in the fossil-rich Allegheny Formation of Linton, Ohio.

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