Phlegethontia Explained

Phlegethontia is an extinct genus of aïstopod tetrapodomorphs from the Carboniferous and Permian periods of Europe and North America.

It was about 1m (03feet) long, and possessed a lightly built skull with many openings, unlike some earlier relatives.^[1]

"Dolichosoma" longissima, named by Antonin Fritsch in 1875, has been reassigned to the genus Phlegethontia and is now considered to be P. longissima.^{[2] [3]} "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.^{[4] [5]}

External links

• Fossil picture.

Notes and References

1. Book: Palmer, D.. 1999 . The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. Marshall Editions. London. 54. 1-84028-152-9.
2. Book: Fritsch, A. . 1875 . Über die Fauna der Gaskohle des Pilsner und Rakonitzer Beckens . Sitzungsberichtde er Böhemischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften . Prague . 70–79.
3. Anderson . J. S. . 2002 . Revision of the aïstopod genus Phlegethontia (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli) . Journal of Paleontology . 76 . 6 . 1029–1046 . 10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<1029:rotagp>2.0.co;2 .
4. Huxley . T. H. . Wright, E. P. . 1867 . On a collection of fossil vertebrates, from the Jarrow Colliery, County of Kilkenny, Ireland . Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy . 24 . 351–369.
5. Baird . D. . 1964 . The aïstopod amphibians surveyed . Breviora . Museum of Comparative Zoology . 206 . 1–17 .