Plemmyradytes
Plemmyradytes is an extinct genus of dissorophoid temnospondyl from the early Permian (early Asselian stage). It is an amphibamiform from the Eskridge Formation exposures of Nebraska. The type species is Plemmyradytes shintoni. The genus name derives from the Greek plemmyris ('tide' or 'wave') and dytes ('diver'), while the specific name honors John Shinton, a fossil preparator at the Denver Museum of Natural History where all known specimens of this taxon are reposited following collection in the late 20th century.
| Plemmyradytes Temporal range: Lower Permian, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Clade: | †Amphibamiformes |
| Genus: | †Plemmyradytes Huttenlocker et al., 2007 |
| Type species | |
| †Plemmyradytes shintoni Huttenlocker et al., 2007 | |
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