Diploceraspis
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Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
| Diploceraspis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Nectridea |
| Family: | †Diplocaulidae |
| Genus: | †Diploceraspis Romer, 1952 |
| Type species | |
| Diploceraspis burkei Romer, 1952
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Diploceraspis is a genus of diplocaulid nectrideans. It lived in North America during the Permian period. It closely resembles its relative, Diplocaulus . It generally sports the same features as Diplocaulus, though it was smaller, measuring over 46 cm.[1] Beerbower originally recognised two species, D. burkei and D. conemaughensis, but they are no longer regarded as being distinct from one another as their size ranges were found to overlap.[2] Other species include D. meritae from Nebraska and an indeterminate species from Oklahoma.[3] Diplocaulus minimus of Late Permian Morocco may be of this genus.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ http://www.angellis.net/Web/PDfiles/amphs.pdf [bare URL PDF ]
- ^ a b Germain D. (2010). "The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 4–39. Bibcode:2010HBio...22....4G. doi:10.1080/08912961003779678. S2CID 128605530.
- ^ May, William J.; Hall, Joseph D. (2016). "First Occurrence of the Diplocaulid Genus Diploceraspis from the Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of Northern Oklahoma". Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. 119 (2): 193–199. doi:10.1660/062.119.0209. S2CID 87685299.
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