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Anthracodromeus
Extinct genus of tetrapods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anthracodromeus is an extinct genus of Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) "protorothyridid" tetrapods known from Ohio. It is known from the holotype AMNH 6940, a nearly complete skeleton. It was collected in the Linton site in Jefferson County, from the Allegheny Group. A. longipes was first assigned by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875 to a species of Sauropleura. The genus was first named by Robert L. Carroll and Donald Baird in 1972 and the type species is Anthracodromeus longipes.[1] It is amongst the oldest known tetrapods to display adaptations for climbing.[2]
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Anthracodromeus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Family: | †Protorothyrididae |
Genus: | †Anthracodromeus Carroll & Baird, 1972 |
Species: | †A. longipes |
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†Anthracodromeus longipes | |
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