Paleo FIles- Hynerpeton

Common name: Devonian giant salamander
Scientific name: Hynerpeton bassetti
Year named: 1994, by Ted Daeschler
Meaning: 'Creeping beast from Hyner'
Length: 5-6'
Weight: 50 lb
Time: late Devonian, 360 mya
Range: Pennsylvania, Red Hill Shale
Biome: shallow waters of swamps
Frequency: Uncommon
Organization: Solitary
Diet: fish
Neighbors: Hyneria lindae, Phacops rana
Enemies: large fish
Danger Level: Low