Buettnererpeton

Buettnererpeton
Temporal range: Early PermianLate Triassic
Holotype skull
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Family: Metoposauridae
Genus: Buettnererpeton
Gee & Kufner, 2022
Type species
Buettnererpeton bakeri
Case, 1931
Synonyms
List
  • Buettneria bakeri Case, 1931
  • Metoposaurus bakeri Hunt, 1993
  • Koskinonodon bakeri Brusatte et al., 2015

Buettnererpeton is an extinct genus of large temnospondyls known from the Late Triassic Dockum Group in Texas. The type species, B. bakeri, was long classified as part of other genera, such as Metoposaurus and Koskinonodon, but was placed in its own genus in 2022.