Kermitops

Kermitops (meaning "Kermit face") is an extinct genus of amphibamiform temnospondyl from the Early Permian Clear Fork Formation of Texas, United States.

The Kermitops holotype specimen, USNM 407585, was discovered by Nicholas Hotton III and field scientists from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in April 1984.

The type locality is represented by the lower sediments of the Clear Fork Formation near Lake Kemp in Wilbarger County, Texas, United States.

[1] In their 2024 description, So, Pardo & Mann performed multiple phylogenetic analyses; the fossil skull preserves an ossified element that may represent the basioccipital, and the coding of this character as "present" or "absent" altered their results.

The cladogram with the basioccipital scored as "present" is displayed below:[1] Dendrysekos Trimerorhachis Sclerocephalus Acanthostomatops Perryella Micromelerpetidae Olsoniformes Eoscopus Kermitops Plemmyradytes Rubeostratilia Micropholidae Amphibamidae Branchiosauridae Nanobamus Milnererpeton Georgenthalia Gerobatrachus Lissamphibia

Kermitops was named after Kermit the Frog .