Adamanterpeton is a genus

Genus

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 of edopoid temnospondyl within the family

Family (biology)

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 Cochleosauridae

Cochleosauridae

Cochleosauridae is a family of Temnospondyli.-External links:*...

. Two specimens were discovered in the fossil-rich locality of Linton, Ohio. The type species

Type species

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 A. ohioensis was named in 1998. Adamanterpeton is rare in the Linton vertebrate assemblage, with other amphibians like Sauropleura

Sauropleura

Sauropleura is an extinct genus of nectridean lepospondyl within the family Urocordylidae.-See also:* Prehistoric amphibian* List of prehistoric amphibians...

, Ophiderpeton

Ophiderpeton

Ophiderpeton is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibian from the Carboniferous period. Remains of this genus are widespread and were found in Ohio, USA and the Czech Republic ....

, and Colosteus

Colosteus

Colosteus is an extinct genus of tetrapod within the family Colosteidae....

being more common. Unlike other Linton vertebrates, Adamanterpeton may have been adapted to a terrestrial lifestyle.