Palaeomolgophis

<i>Palaeomolgophis</i>

Palaeomolgophis

Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "†Palaeomolgophis Brough and Brough 1967". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    Rainer R. Schoch (19 March 2014). Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates. Wiley. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-118-75913-4.
  3. [3]
    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.


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