Crossotelos

Crossotelos is an extinct genus of nectridean lepospondyl within the family Urocordylidae. It contains a single species, Crossotelos annulatus.[1][2]

Crossotelos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: Nectridea
Family: Urocordylidae
Subfamily: Sauropleurinae
Genus: Crossotelos
Case, 1911

Crossotelos lived in modern-day Oklahoma and Texas, United States during the Early to Lower Permian.[3]

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References

  1. Berman, David S. (1970). Vertebrate fossils from the Lueders Formation: Lower Permian of north-central Texas. University of California Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780520091900.
  2. Frost, Darrel R.; Palmeirim, Jorge M.; Etheridge, Richard (1989). Bats of Portugal: Zoogeography and Systematics. Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas. p. 5. ISBN 9780893380335.
  3. Carlson, Keith J. (1999). "Crossotelos, an Early Permian Nectridean Amphibian". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 19 (4): 623–631. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011176. JSTOR 4524033.


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