Diplocaulus

Diplocaulus
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian to Lopingian (Kasimovian to Wuchiapingian),
Reconstructed skeleton and life restoration model of Diplocaulus at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Nectridea
Family: Diplocaulidae
Genus: Diplocaulus
Cope, 1877
Species
  • D. salamandroides Cope, 1877(type)
  • D. magnicornis Cope, 1882
  • D. brevirostris Olson, 1951
  • D. recurvatus? Olson, 1952
  • D. minimus? Dutuit, 1988
Synonyms

Genus-level:

  • Permoplatyops Case, 1946

Species-level:

  • Diplocaulus limbatus Cope, 1895
  • Diplocaulus copei Broili, 1904
  • Diplocaulus pusillus? Broili, 1904
  • Permoplatyops parvus (Williston, 1918 [originally Platyops parvus])
  • Diplocaulus primigenius Mehl, 1921
  • Diplocaulus parvus Olson, 1972

Diplocaulus (meaning "double stalk") is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibians which lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Permian of North America and Africa. Diplocaulus is by far the largest and best-known of the lepospondyls, characterized by a distinctive boomerang-shaped skull. Remains attributed to Diplocaulus have been found from the Late Permian of Morocco and represent the youngest-known occurrence of a lepospondyl.


Diplocaulus

Dodaje.pl - Ogłoszenia lokalne