AN ADELOGYRINID LEPOSPONDYL AMPHIBIAN FROM THE UPPER CARBONIFEROUS
- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 45 (1) , 1-16
- https://doi.org/10.1139/z67-001
Abstract
A new genus [ADELOSPONDYLUS] of the Paleozoic amphibian subclass LepospondylfTsfctescHEecTr It is a member of the family Adelogyrinidae, originally based on 3 specimens from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland. Further information provided by this genus forms the basis for consideration of the relationships of the adelogyrinids to other lepospondyls. Adelogyrinids might be considered aberrant members of the Microsauria or Nectridea, but may better be thought of as a separate group. They show little evidence of affinity with the lysoro-phids. Evidence is presented suggesting that lepospondyl centra may be homologous with the intercentra of labyrinthodonts.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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