Palaeomolgophis

Palaeomolgophis; Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, 345.3–326.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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

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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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[1] "†Palaeomolgophis Brough and Brough 1967". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[Schoch2014-2] Rainer R. Schoch (19 March 2014). Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates. Wiley. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-118-75913-4.

[3] 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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