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|name = Apateon
|fossil_range = {{fossilrange|295|290.1}} Early Permian [1]
| image = Branchiosauridae - Apateon pedestris.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil of Apateon pedestris
|regnum = Animalia
|phylum = Chordata
|classis = Amphibia
|ordo = Temnospondyli
|familia = Branchiosauridae
|genus = Apateon
|genus_authority = von Meyer, 1844
}}Apateon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian within the family Branchiosauridae. Species{{div col|colwidth=22em}}- †Apateon caducus
- †Apateon dracyi
- †Apateon flagrifer
- †Apateon gracilis
- †Apateon kontheri
- †Apateon pedestris von Meyer 1840
- †Apateon umbrosus
{{div col end}}Fossil recordFossils of Apateon are found in freshwaters strata of Permian of Germany (age range: from 295.0 to 290.1 million years ago.).[1] DescriptionBiology and lifestyleApateon were sexually mature in the larval state, with the retention by adults of traits seen in the young (neoteny). This fully aquatic animals lived in semi-permanent lakes and ponds. They fed on microorganisms. Bibliography- Cyril Walker & David Ward (1993) - Fossielen: Sesam Natuur Handboeken, Bosch & Keuning, Baarn. {{ISBN|90-246-4924-2}}
- Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods
- Hermann von Meyer, 1844: Briefliche Mittheilung an Prof. Bronn gerichtet. Neues Jahrbuch für Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1844: 329-340.
- Hermann von Meyer, 1848: Apateon pedestris aus der Steinkohlenformation von Münsterappel. – Palaeontographica 1: 153-154.
- Jürgen Boy, 1972: Die Branchiosaurier (Amphibia) des saarpfalzischen Rotliegenden (Perm, SW-Deutschland). Abhandlungen des hessischen Landes-Amtes für Bodenforschung 65: 1-137.
- Jürgen Boy, 1987: Studien uber die Branchiosauridae (Amphibia: Temnospondyli; Ober-Karbon-Unter-Perm) 2. Systematische Übersicht. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 174: 75-104.
- Rainer Schoch und Andrew Milner, 2014: Temnospondyli. In: Sues, H.D. (Hrg): Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology, Band 3A2. Pfeil: München.
- Rainer Schoch, 1992: Comparative ontogeny of Early Permian branchiosaurid amphibians from Southwestern Germany. Developmental stages. Palaeontographica A 222: 43-83.
- Ralf Werneburg, 1991: Die Branchiosaurier aus dem Unterrotliegend des Döhlener Beckens bei Dresden. Veröffentlichungen des Naturhistorischen Museums Schleusingen 6: 75-99.
References1. ^1 Paleobiology Database
2. ^Boy, J.A. (1972): Die Branchiosaurier (Amphibia) des saarpfalzischen Rotliegenden (Perm, SW-Deutschland). Abhandlungen des hessischen Landesamtes für Bodenforschung 65: 1-137.
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