Palaeomolgophis
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
Palaeomolgophis Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, 345.3–326.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Order: | †Adelospondyli |
Family: | †Adelogyrinidae |
Genus: | †Palaeomolgophis M. C. Brough & J. Brough, 1967 |
Type species | |
†Palaeomolgophis scoticus M. C. Brough & J. Brough, 1967 |
Palaeomolgophis is an extinct genus of eel-like adelospondyl tetrapodomorphs containing a single species—Palaeomolgophis scoticus.[1] Their limbs are much reduced, and they were probably fully aquatic.[2][3]
References
- ^ "†Palaeomolgophis Brough and Brough 1967". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Rainer R. Schoch (19 March 2014). Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates. Wiley. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-118-75913-4.
- ^ Brough, Margaret C.; Brough, J. (1967). "The Lower Carboniferous Microsaurs". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 252 (776): 107–129. doi:10.1098/rstb.1967.0004. JSTOR 2416680.
External links
- 2D, stereoscopic, and 3D imagery of the type specimen of Palaeomolgophis scoticus
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Tetrapodomorpha (Pan-Tetrapoda)
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