the holotype skull of "feeserpeton", cataloged as omnh 73541, was found in the dolese brothers limestone quarry near the town of richard's spur, oklahoma. several other parareptiles have also been found from richard's spur, including "bolosaurus", "colobomycter", "delorhynchus", "microleter", and an acleistorhinid. omnh 73541 was preserved in a clay-rich nodule of calcite which was removed during preparation. ct scans of the skull revealed many internal details. the specimen was described as a new genus and species in 2012. the genus name "feeserpeton" honors mike feese, a manager of the dolese brothers quarry who was also a fossil collector, and the species name "oklahomensis" refers to oklahoma, the state in which it was found.