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Phlegethontia
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phlegethontia is an extinct genus of aïstopod tetrapodomorphs from the Carboniferous and Permian periods of Europe and North America.[1]
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Quick Facts Phlegethontia Temporal range: Late Carboniferous to Early Permian, Scientific classification ...
Phlegethontia Temporal range: Late Carboniferous to Early Permian | |
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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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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]