Leiocephalikon

Leiocephalikon
Temporal range: Carboniferous
Leiocephalikon problematicum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Microsauria
Family: †Gymnarthridae
Genus: †Leiocephalikon
Steen, 1934
Type species
Amblyodon problematicum

Leiocephalikon is an extinct genus of microsaur in 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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