Coloraderpeton

Coloraderpeton is an extinct tetrapodomorph in the genus aïstopod within the family Oestocephalidae.^[1][2] Coloraderpeton is known from the Carboniferous Sangre de Cristo Formation of Colorado, and was initially known from vertebrae, ribs, and scales recovered from a UCLA field expedition in 1966. Peter Paul Vaughn described these remains in 1969.^[1] A skull was later reported in an unpublished 1983 thesis and formally described by Jason S. Anderson in 2003.^[2]

Coloraderpeton Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 302 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Order:	†Aistopoda
Family:	†Oestocephalidae
Genus:	†Coloraderpeton Vaughn, 1969
Species:	†C. brilli
Binomial name
†Coloraderpeton brilli Vaughn, 1969