Crinodon

<i>Crinodon</i>

Crinodon

Extinct genus of tetrapods

Crinodon is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Tuditanidae.[1][2][3] The type and only species C. limnophyes was found in Carboniferous deposits of Nyrany (Czech Republic) and described by M. C. Steen in 1938 as Ricnodon limnophyes.[4] It was assigned to the new genus Crinodon by R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill in 1978.[5]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Fossilworks: Crinodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. [2]
    Carroll, Robert Lynn; Gaskill, Pamela (1978). The Order Microsauria. American Philosophical Society. ISBN 9780871691262.
  3. [3]
    Clack, Jennifer A. (2002). Gaining Ground: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253340542.
  4. [4]
    M. C. Steen. 1938. On the fossil Amphibia from the Gas Coal of Nyrany and other deposits of Czechoslovakia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 108:205-283
  5. [5]
    R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill. 1978. The Order Microsauria. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society 126:1-211


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