Palaeomolgophis

Palaeomolgophis
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, 345.3–326.4 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Adelospondyli
Family: Adelogyrinidae
Genus: Palaeomolgophis
Brough and Brough, 1967

Palaeomolgophis is an extinct genus of eel-like prehistoric amphibian.[1] Their limbs are much reduced, and they were probably were fully aquatic.[2]

References

  1. "†Palaeomolgophis Brough and Brough 1967". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. Rainer R. Schoch (19 March 2014). Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates. Wiley. p. 46. ISBN 978-1-118-75913-4.

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