Genus: Wesserpeton SWEETMAN & GARDNER, 2013
Etymology: From Wessex, an ancient British kingdom which incorporated the
Isle of Wight, and Greek, erpeton, "creeping animal"; also used in the construction
of the name of the type genus Albanerpeton Fox and Naylor, 1982.
Species: evansae SWEETMAN & GARDNER, 2013
Etymology: In honor of Professor Susan E. Evans (University College London,
UK) in recognition of her outstanding contributions in the field of microvertebrate
palaeontology and to our understanding of Albanerpetontidae.
Holotype: NHMUK PV R36521
Locality: Yaverland, south-east coast of the Islaond of Wight, southern England, Southern United Kingdom.
Horizon: Bed 38 (Radley, 1994), occurring about 4 m below the top of the Wessex Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Barremian Stage, Lower Gallic Subepoch, Middle Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Complete fused frontals.
Referred material:
NHMUK PV R36522, R35623, R36536-R36540: Frontals.
NHMUK PV R36524, R36526, R36565-R36569, R36595-R36606: 10 premaxillae.
NHMUK PV R36527, R36528, R36559-R36564: Maxillae.
NHMUK PV R36541, R36542: 2 nearly complete dentaries.
NHMUK PV R36529, R36530, R36543-R36558: Fragmentary dentaries.
NHMUK PV R36607, R36608: 2 trunk vertebrae.
NHMUK PV R36534, R36609: "Axis"
NHMUK PV R36535: Atlas lacking the neural arch and ventrolateral portion of left anterior contyle.
NHMUK PV R36610, R36533: Left humerus.
NHMUK PV R36611: Acetabular part of a right ilium.
NHMUK PV R36531: Fused right articular + angular.
NHMUK PV R36532: Left iliuum lacking dorsal end of the iliac shaft.