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''Cheliderpeton'' (often misspelled ''Chelyderpeton'') is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian. It lived during the Early Permian in what is now Europe and Germany. Fossils have been found from the Ruprechtice horizon of the Intrasudetic Basin of Bohemia in the Czech Republic, as well as the Saar-Nahe Basin of southwestern Germany. ''Cheliderpeton'' had a 16 cm skull, and reached about 65 cm in length.〔http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf〕 The type species of ''Cheliderpeton'' is ''C. vranyi'', named in 1877 by the Czech paleontologist Antonin Fritsch and found from the Czech Republic. A second species named ''C. latirostre'' was described in 1993 by J. A. Boy from Germany, after having been assigned to ''Archegosaurus''. It differs from the type in having a less extensive preorbital region of the skull, a wider cheek region, and a snout tip that is less round and has lateral projections. Currently the two species are the only ones known to belong to ''Cheliderpeton'', although there have been more assigned in the past that are now considered to be synonymous with the known species. ''"Actinodon germanicus"'', described by O. Kuhn in 1939 on the basis of a specimen found from the Czech Republic,〔"''A. germanicus''", was named during the time when Germany occupied Bohemia, hence the specific name.〕 It is now known to be an unusually large individual of ''C. vranyi'', probably in a late stage of ontogenic development. It has been suggested that ''C. latirostre'' may belong to a separate genus, either to ''Archegosaurus'' or its own distinct taxon, due to several differences between it and the type species. These differences include the concave outline of the skull roof, the expanded snout seen in adult individuals (similar to ''Archegosaurus decheni''), and a nasal-maxilla contact in the adult stage.〔 In 2009, ''C. latirostre'' was placed in its own genus, ''Glanochthon''. ''Cheliderpeton'' is closely related to the genus ''Intasuchus'' from the northern pre-Ural region of Russia. Both share similarities in skull shape, as well as a short and expanded dorsal branch of the ilium and a premaxilla-maxilla suture that is anterior to the choana.〔 Fossils of temnospondyls similar in appearance to ''Cheliderpeton'' have been found from the Autun Basin and the basin of Bourbon l'Archambault in France. ''Cheliderpeton'' may be a member of the family Archegosauridae or the family Intasuchidae. The family Archegosauridae belongs to the superfamily Archegosauroidea, but it is unsure whether ''Intasuchus'', the type species of Intasuchidae, belongs to Archegosauroidea or the family Eryopidae, within the superfamily Eryopoidea. Thus it is unsure whether ''Cheliderpeton'' is an eryopoid (and perhaps more specifically an eryopid) or an archegosauroid. ''Cheliderpeton'' had previously been placed in the family Actinodontidae along with ''Actinodon'', ''Syndyodosuchus'' and ''Sclerocephalus'', but because ''Actinodon'', the type genus of the family, is a junior synonym of the eryopid ''Onchiodon'', the family is now considered polyphyletic.〔 ==Notes and references== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheliderpeton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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