Adelospondylus

Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs

Adelospondylus
Temporal range: Carboniferous, 326.4–318.1 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Adelospondyli
Family: Adelogyrinidae
Genus: Adelospondylus
Carroll, 1967
Type species
Adelospondylus watsoni
Carroll, 1967

Adelospondylus is an extinct adelospondyl tetrapodomorph from the Carboniferous of what is now Scotland.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "†Adelospondylus Carroll 1967". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ Carroll, Robert L. (January 1967). "An adelogyrinid lepospondyl amphibian from the Upper Carboniferous". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 45 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1139/z67-001.

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2D, stereoscopic, and 3D imagery of the type specimen of Adelospondylus watsoni

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