Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Amphibia
Subclassis: †Lepospondyli
Ordo: Adelospondyli
Familia: Adelogyrinidae
Vernacular Name
Adelospondyli are an order of elongate, presumably aquatic, Carboniferous amphibians. The skull is solidly roofed, and elongate, with the orbits located very far forward. The limbs are well developed. There is a single family, the Adelogyrinidae. The group is restricted to the Late Mississippian (Serpukhovian Age) of Scotland.
References
* Carroll, RL (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co.
* von Zittel, K.A (1932), Textbook of Paleontology, CR Eastman (transl. and ed), 2nd edition, vol.2, p.225, Macmillan & Co.
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