Leiocephalikon

Leiocephalikon
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Leiocephalikon problematicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Order:
Microsauria
Family:
Gymnarthridae
Genus:
Leiocephalikon

Steen, 1934
Species:
Leiocephalikon problematicum

Leiocephalikon is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Gymnarthridae. The type species is Amblyodon problematicum named by John William Dawson in 1882.[1] Its fossil was found in the Joggins Formation which hailed from Carboniferous period.[2] Although sometimes regarded as primitive gymnarthrids, Leiocephalikon classification is still debated as its fossil is scarce.[3]

References

  1. ^ J.W. Dawson (1882). "On the Results of Recent Explorations of Erect Trees Containing Animal Remains in the Coal-Formation of Nova Scotia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 173: 621–668.
  2. ^ Carroll, Robert (2009). The Rise of Amphibians. Johns Hopkins University Press. doi:10.56021/9780801891403. ISBN 978-0-8018-9140-3.
  3. ^ Huttenlocker, Adam K.; Pardo, Jason D.; Small, Bryan J.; Anderson, Jason S. (2013-05-07). "Cranial morphology of recumbirostrans (Lepospondyli) from the Permian of Kansas and Nebraska, and early morphological evolution inferred by micro-computed tomography". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (3): 540–552. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.728998. ISSN 0272-4634.


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