Genus: Asaphestera STEEN, 1934
Etymology:

Species: intermedia (DAWSON, 1894) STEEN, 1934
Etymology:
= Hylerpeton intermedium DAWSON, 1894

Holotype: RM 2.1131

Locality: Joggins, Chignecto Bay, several miles of sea coast on the Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Province, Canada.

Horizon: Joggins Formation, Coal-group 15.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Westephalian B, upper Westphalian, Middle Silesian series, Kashirskian Stage, Moscovian Epoch, Late Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous).

Material: Ventral view of central portion of skull roof, lower jaw, premaxilla, and numerous scales.

Referred material:

RM 12113: Impression of ventral surface of posterior portion of skull roof.

RM 12087: Dentary bone.

NMC 10041: Skull, lower jaws, clavicles, humeri, section of vertebral column, pelvis and numerous scales.

NMC 10042: Ventral view of skull roof, humeri, pterygoid, and numerous scales.

NMC 10043: Skull and jaw, humeri, clavicles, numerous scales.

NMC 10044: Impression of dorsal surface of posterior portion of skull roof.

MILNER, 1996

BMNH R4559: A tiny incomplete skull on a slab.

 

= Asphestera playtris STEEN, 1934
Etymology:

Holotype: RM 2.1192

Locality: Joggins, Chignecto Bay, several miles of sea coast on the Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Province, Canada.

Horizon: Joggins Formation, Coal-group 15.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Westephalian B, upper Westphalian, Middle Silesian series, Kashirskian Stage, Moscovian Epoch, Late Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous).

Material: Dorsal portion of posterior skull roof, impression of maxillary teeth, questionably associated postcranial material includes a scapulocoracoid, humerus and femur.