''Buettnererpeton'' is an extinct genus of large

temnospondyl Temnospondyli (from Greek language, Greek τέμνειν, ''temnein'' 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, ''spondylos'' 'vertebra') or temnospondyls is a diverse ancient order (biology), order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered Labyrinth ...

s known from the

Late Triassic The Late Triassic is the third and final epoch (geology), epoch of the Triassic geologic time scale, Period in the geologic time scale, spanning the time between annum, Ma and Ma (million years ago). It is preceded by the Middle Triassic Epoch a ...

Dockum Group in Texas. The

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

, ''B. bakeri'', was long classified as part of other genera, such as '' Metoposaurus'' and ''

Koskinonodon ''Anaschisma'' ("ripped up") is an extinct genus of large temnospondyls. These animals were part of the family called Metoposauridae, which filled the crocodile-like predatory Ecological niche, niches in the late Triassic. It had a large skull ab ...

'', but was placed in its own genus in 2022.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q114652625 Metoposauridae Triassic temnospondyls of North America Fossil taxa described in 2022