Named By: | KeinQin Gao & Neil H. Shubin in 2012 |
Time Period: | Late Jurassic, 157 Ma |
Location: | China, Liaoning Province - Tiaojishan (Lanqi) Formation |
Size: | Holotype measures about 16.5 centimetres long but is lacking the posterior portion of the tail. In life roughly about 20-25 centimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Almost complete individual, though lacking some parts |
Classification: | | Chordata | Amphibia | Salamandroidea | |
Beiyanerpeton is an extinct genus of salamandroid amphibians known from the Late Jurassic of western Liaoning Province, China. It contains a single species, B. jianpingensis.