Glanochthon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Permian of Germany. Fossils have been found from the Meisenheim Formation in the Saar–Nahe Basin.[1]

Glanochthon
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Archegosauroidea
Genus: Glanochthon
Schoch and Witzmann, 2009
Species
  • G. latirostre (Jordan, 1849)
  • G. angusta Schoch and Witzmann, 2009

References edit

  1. ^ Schoch, R.R.; Witzmann, F. (2009). "The temnospondyl Glanochthon from the Permian Meisenheim Formation of Germany". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 81: 121–136.