Adelospondyli

Adelospondyls Temporal range: Early Carboniferous

Adelospondylus.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Reptiliomorpha
Subclass:	†Lepospondyli
Order:	†Adelospondyli Watson, 1930
Families and genera
†Acherontiscidae †Acherontiscus †Adelogyrinidae †Adelogyrinus †Adelospondylus †Dolichopareias †Palaeomolgophis

Adelospondyli is an order of elongate, presumably aquatic, Carboniferous amphibians. The skull is solidly roofed, and elongate, with the orbits located very far forward. The limbs are well developed. Most adelospondyls belong to the family Adelogyrinidae, although the adelospondyl Acherontiscus has been placed in its own family, Acherontiscidae. The group is restricted to the Mississippian (Serpukhovian Age) of Scotland.

References

Carroll, RL (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co.
von Zittel, K.A (1932), Textbook of Paleontology, CR Eastman (transl. and ed), 2nd edition, vol.2, p. 225, Macmillan & Co.

Basal lepospondyls

Aletrimyti Altenglanerpeton Dvellecanus Pantylus Rhynchonkos Sparodus Stegotretus Tambaroter Trachystegos

Brachystelechidae	Batropetes Carrolla Quasicaecilia

Gymnarthridae	Cardiocephalus Elfridia Euryodus Leiocephalikon Pariotichus

Ostodolepidae	Micraroter Nannaroter Ostodolepis Pelodosotis Tambaroter

Acherontiscidae	Acherontiscus

Adelogyrinidae	Adelogyrinus Dolichopareias

Sauropleurinae	Crossotelos Lepterpeton Montcellia Sauropleura

Urocordylinae	Ctenerpeton Ptyonius Urocordylus

Lethiscus

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