Keraterpeton galvani
Keraterpeton galvani
Site Details
- Location
- Keraterpeton galvani
- Grid reference
- 52.8073, -7.2017
- Fossil Name
- Keraterpeton galvani
- Fossil Type
- Amphibian
- Fossil Age
- Carboniferous
- Rock Type
- Coal
- Access Info
- Historic discovery - not accessible
- Fossil Info
- Keraterpeton is an extinct type of small amphibian, about the size of an adult human's hand, that lived in lush swamps in Co. Kilkenny during the Carboniferous Period, about 310 million years ago. It had a long body like a salamander and a very long tail that made up two-thirds of its total body length.