Tuditanus

Extinct genus of tetrapods

Tuditanus
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Microsauria
Family: Tuditanidae
Genus: Tuditanus
Cope, 1871

Tuditanus is an extinct genus of tuditanid microsaur from the Carboniferous, ~ 306 Ma ago.[1] It was of small size, reaching a length of about 24 cm.[2]

Life reconstruction of Tuditanus punctulatus

References

  1. ^ Carroll, R. L.; Gaskill, P. (1978). "The Order Microsauria". Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. 126: 1–211. ISBN 9780871691262.
  2. ^ Carroll, R. L.; Baird, D. (1968). "The Carboniferous amphibian Tuditanus [Eosauravus] and the distinction between microsaurs and reptiles [brackets in the original]". American Museum Novitates (2337): 1–50. hdl:2246/2547.
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Tuditanus punctulatus

Pantylus cordatus Pelodosotis elongatum

Brachydectes newberryi
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