Pantylus

Pantylus; Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	†Recumbirostra
Family:	†Pantylidae
Genus:	†Pantylus; Cope, 1881
Species:	†P. cordatus
Binomial name
	†Pantylus cordatus; Cope, 1881

Pantylus (from Greek: παν pan, 'all' and Greek: τύλος tylos, 'knob')[1] is an extinct lepospondyl amphibian from the Permian period of North America.

Pantylus cordatus

Pantylus was probably a largely terrestrial animal, judging from its well-built legs. It was about 25 centimetres (10 in) long, and resembled a lizard with a large skull and short limbs. It had numerous blunt teeth, and probably chased after invertebrate prey.[2]

References

Miller, S. A. (Samuel Almond) (1877). The American Palaeozoic fossils : a catalogue of the genera and species, with names of authors, dates, places of publication, groups of rock in which found, and the etymology and signification of the words, and an introduction devoted to the stratigraphical geology of the Palæozoic rocks. Cincinnati, Ohio : The author. p. 324.
Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 55. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.

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[1] Miller, S. A. (Samuel Almond) (1877). The American Palaeozoic fossils : a catalogue of the genera and species, with names of authors, dates, places of publication, groups of rock in which found, and the etymology and signification of the words, and an introduction devoted to the stratigraphical geology of the Palæozoic rocks. Cincinnati, Ohio : The author. p. 324.

[EoDP-2] Palmer, D., ed. (1999). The Marshall Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. London: Marshall Editions. p. 55. ISBN 1-84028-152-9.