Calligenethlon

<i>Calligenethlon</i>

Calligenethlon

Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs

Calligenethlon is an extinct genus of embolomere tetrapodomorphs from the Late Carboniferous of Joggins, Nova Scotia.[1][2] It is the only definitively identified embolomere from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs and is the largest tetrapod to have been found preserved in lycopod tree stumps.[3]

Quick Facts Calligenethlon Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, Scientific classification ...

References

  1. [1]
    Steen, Margaret C. (September 1934). "The Amphibian Fauna from the South Joggins. Nova Scotia". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 104 (3): 465–504. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1934.tb01644.x. ISSN 0370-2774.
  2. [2]
    Holmes, R.B.; Carroll, R.L. (2010). "An articulated embolomere skeleton (Amphibia: Anthracosauria) from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian) of Nova Scotia". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 47 (3): 209–219. doi:10.1139/E10-008.
  3. [3]
    Godfrey, S.; Holmes, R.B.; Laurin, M. (1991). "Articulated remains of a Pennsylvanian embolomere (Amphibia: Anthracosauria) from Joggins, Nova Scotia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 11 (2): 213–219. doi:10.1080/02724634.1991.10011388.


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