Platyrhinops
Platyrhinops is an extinct genus amphibamid temnospondyl from the Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) of Ohio and the Czech Republic. It is known from many partial skeletons from the Linton site in Saline Township, Ohio[1] and at least 6 partial specimens from the Nýřany site from the Nýřany Member of the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic.[2]
Platyrhinops | |
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Holotype of platyrhinops lyelli with bones outlined in white | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Clade: | †Amphibamiformes |
Genus: | †Platyrhinops Steen, 1931 |
Species: | †P. lyelli |
Binomial name | |
†Platyrhinops lyelli | |
Synonyms | |
Raniceps lyelli Wyman, 1858 [preoccupied] |
Gallery
- Cast of holotype at UALVP.
- Cast of holotype in the Field Museum of Natural History
See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians
References
- Robert W. Hook and Donald Baird (March 1988). "An Overview of the Upper Carboniferous Fossil Deposit at Linton, Ohio". The Ohio Journal of Science. 88 (1): 55–60.
- Andrew R. Milner and Sandra E.K. Sequeira (2003). "Revision of the amphibian genus Limnerpeton (Temnospondyli) from the Upper Carboniferous of the Czech Republic". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 48 (1): 123–141.
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