''Shirerpeton'' is an extinct

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of albanerpetontid

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from the

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Kuwajima Formation, which is located in

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.Fujita, M. (2003). "Geological age and correlation of the vertebrate-bearing horizons in the Tetori Group". ''Memoir of the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum''. 2: 3–14. The type species is ''Shirerpeton isajii'', which was described by Masumoto & Evans in 2018. ''Shirerpeton'' represents the first record of Albanerpetontidae in

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and the holotype is SBEI 2459, a small block bearing most of a disarticulated but associated skull with some postcranial elements present as well.

Phylogeny

From Daza ''et al'' (2020):

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q49000628 Albanerpetontidae Fossil taxa described in 2018