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    On a small cochleosaurus described as a large limnogyrinus (amphibia, temnospondyli) from the upper carboniferous of the Czech Republic

    Milner, Andrew and Sequiera, S.E.K. (2003) On a small cochleosaurus described as a large limnogyrinus (amphibia, temnospondyli) from the upper carboniferous of the Czech Republic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (1), pp. 143-147. ISSN 0567-7920.

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    Abstract

    Limnogyrinus elegans(Fritsch) is the most primitive micromelerpetontid temnospondyl from the Upper Carboniferous of Nýřany, Czech Republic. Arecent revision of the taxon by Werneburg (1994) attributed to this species a skull in dorsal as− pect which was significantly larger than any previously reported and showed evidence of snout elongation. Restudy of this specimen demonstrates it to be a skull, visible in ventral aspect, of a juvenile of Cochleosaurus bohemicus, a more primitive edopoid temnospondyl, which is frequent in the Nýřany assemblage. Werneburg’s diagnosis of Limnogyrinusis revised and the problems of constructing ontogenetic series are discussed.

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    Item Type: Article
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
    Depositing User: Sarah Hall
    Date Deposited: 20 May 2019 16:43
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:51
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/27595

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