Crinodon is an extinct genus of microsaur within the family Tuditanidae.[1][2][3] The type and only species C. limnophyes was found in Carboniferous deposits of Nyrany (Czech Republic) and described by M. C. Steen in 1938 as Ricnodon limnophyes.[4] It was assigned to the new genus Crinodon by R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill in 1978.[5]

Crinodon
Temporal range: Carboniferous (Westphalian) 313–304 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Microsauria
Family: Tuditanidae
Genus: Crinodon
Carroll & Gaskill, 1978
Species

Crinodon limnophyes Steen, 1938

Synonyms

Ricnodon limnophyes Steen, 1938

References edit

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Crinodon". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  2. ^ Carroll, Robert Lynn; Gaskill, Pamela (1978). The Order Microsauria. American Philosophical Society. ISBN 9780871691262.
  3. ^ Clack, Jennifer A. (2002). Gaining Ground: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253340542.
  4. ^ M. C. Steen. 1938. On the fossil Amphibia from the Gas Coal of Nyrany and other deposits of Czechoslovakia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 108:205-283
  5. ^ R. L. Carroll and P. Gaskill. 1978. The Order Microsauria. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society 126:1-211