Pleuroptyx

Extinct genus of tetrapods

Pleuroptyx
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 311–307 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Microsauria
Clade: Recumbirostra
Family: Cocytinidae
Genus: Pleuroptyx
Cope, 1875

Pleuroptyx is an extinct genus of lysorophian tetrapods known from the Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) of Ohio. The type species is Pleuroptyx clavatus.[1]

References

  1. ^ R. L. Carroll, K. A. Bossy, A. C. Milner, S. M. Andrews, and C. F. Wellstead. 1998. Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae. 1-216.
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Tetrapodomorpha
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Reptiliomorpha
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Microsauria
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Tuditanidae
Pantylidae
Ostodolepidae
Gymnarthridae
Odonterpetidae
Hapsidopareiidae
Rhynchonkidae
Chthonosauria
Lysorophia
Brachystelechidae
Lissamphibia?
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Tuditanus punctulatus

Pantylus cordatus Pelodosotis elongatum

Lysorophus tricarinatus
Taxon identifiers
Pleuroptyx


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