Balanerpeton
''Balanerpeton'' is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Visean stage of the Early Carboniferous period. It is estimated to reach up to in length. ''Balanerpeton woodi'' was discovered by Stanley Wood and is the earliest and most common tetrapod in the East Kirkton Limestone of the East Kirkton Quarry assemblage of terrestrial amphibians in Scotland. Characteristics of ''Balanerpeton woodi'' include the presence of large external nares, large interpterygoid vacuities (holes in the back of the palate), and an ear with a tympanic membrane and rod-like stapes. Numerous studies and research regarding ontogeny in non extant taxa have been oriented around this taxon. The morphology of the stapes suggests that the animal was capable of hearing high-frequency sound. ''B. woodi'' does not possess lateral line sulci or an ossified Ossification (also called osteogenesis or bone mineralization) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cell ...
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Dendrerpetontidae
Dendrerpetontidae is a family of Temnospondyli. Gallery Balanerpeton BW.jpg, '' Balanerpeton woodi'', of the early Carboniferous of Scotland Denderpeton DB.jpg, ''Dendrerpeton'', of the late Carboniferous of Nova Scotia and Ireland References * Benton, M.J. 2005. ''Vertebrate Palaeontology Vertebrate paleontology is the subfield of paleontology that seeks to discover, through the study of fossilized remains, the behavior, reproduction and appearance of extinct animals with vertebrae or a notochord. It also tries to connect, by u ...'', Third Edition. University of Bristol Eutemnospondyls Prehistoric amphibian families {{Temnospondyli-stub ...
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