Anthracodromeus
| Anthracodromeus Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 307.1–305 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Family: | †Protorothyrididae |
| Genus: | †Anthracodromeus Carroll & Baird, 1972 |
| Species: | †A. longipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Anthracodromeus longipes (Cope, 1875 [originally Sauropleura]) | |
Anthracodromeus is an extinct genus of Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) protorothyridid known from Ohio. It is known from the holotype AMNH 6940, a nearly complete skeleton. It was collected in the Linton site in Jefferson County, from the upper Freeport Coal Member. A. longipes was first assigned by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875 to a species of Sauropleura. The genus was first named by Robert L. Carroll and Donald Baird in 1972 and the type species is Anthracodromeus longipes.[1]
References
- ↑ Robert L. Carroll and Donald Baird (1972). "Carboniferous Stem-Reptiles of the Family Romeriidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 143 (5): 321–363.
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