Calligenethlon Explained

Calligenethlon is an extinct genus of embolomere tetrapodomorphs from the Late Carboniferous of Joggins, Nova Scotia.[1] [2] It is the only definitively identified embolomere from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs and is the largest tetrapod to have been found preserved in lycopod tree stumps.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Steen. Margaret C.. September 1934. The Amphibian Fauna from the South Joggins. Nova Scotia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. en. 104. 3. 465–504. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1934.tb01644.x. 0370-2774.
  2. Holmes . R.B. . Carroll, R.L. . 2010 . An articulated embolomere skeleton (Amphibia: Anthracosauria) from the Lower Pennsylvanian (Bashkirian) of Nova Scotia . Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences . 47 . 3 . 209–219 . 10.1139/E10-008 .
  3. Godfrey . S. . Holmes, R.B. . Laurin, M. . 1991 . Articulated remains of a Pennsylvanian embolomere (Amphibia: Anthracosauria) from Joggins, Nova Scotia . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 11 . 2 . 213–219 . 10.1080/02724634.1991.10011388 .

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