period. It is estimated to reach up to 43.4 cm (17 in) in length. Balanerpeton woodi was discovered by Stanley Wood and is the earliest and most common...

of basal temnospondyls that lived during the Carboniferous period. Balanerpeton woodi, of the early Carboniferous of Scotland Dendrerpeton, of the late...

Balanerpeton woodi Capetus palustris...

included in Edopoidea, and is the oldest-known temnospondyl family. Balanerpeton woodi is the oldest species, having been present over 330 million years...

of Temnospondyli along with other primitive forms like Dendrerpeton, Balanerpeton, and Capetus. Below is a cladogram showing the relationships of edopoids...

Westlothiana (one of the most reptile-like Mississippian tetrapods), Balanerpeton (a common early representative of amphibians in the group Temnospondyli)...