Phlegethontia Temporal range: Late
Carboniferous to
Early Permian
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Life restoration of P. longissima | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Order: | † Aistopoda |
Family: | † Phlegethontiidae |
Genus: | †
Phlegethontia Cope, 1871 |
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Phlegethontia is an extinct genus of aïstopod tetrapodomorphs from the Carboniferous and Permian periods of Europe and North America. [1]
It was about 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, and possessed a lightly built skull with many openings, unlike some earlier relatives. [2]
"Dolichosoma" longissima, named by Antonin Fritsch in 1875, has been reassigned to the genus Phlegethontia and is now considered to be P. longissima. [3] [4] "Dolichosoma" has been considered to be a nomen nudum because the holotype was inadequately described through a layer of matrix by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1867. [5] [6]
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Phlegethontia Temporal range: Late
Carboniferous to
Early Permian
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Life restoration of P. longissima | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Order: | † Aistopoda |
Family: | † Phlegethontiidae |
Genus: | †
Phlegethontia Cope, 1871 |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Phlegethontia is an extinct genus of aïstopod tetrapodomorphs from the Carboniferous and Permian periods of Europe and North America. [1]
It was about 1 metre (3.3 ft) long, and possessed a lightly built skull with many openings, unlike some earlier relatives. [2]
"Dolichosoma" longissima, named by Antonin Fritsch in 1875, has been reassigned to the genus Phlegethontia and is now considered to be P. longissima. [3] [4] "Dolichosoma" has been considered to be a nomen nudum because the holotype was inadequately described through a layer of matrix by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1867. [5] [6]
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