Carbonodraco
Name:
Carbonodraco
(coal serpent).
Phonetic: Kar-bon-o-dray-ko.
Named By: Arjan Mann, Emily J. McDaniel, Emily
R. McColville & Hillary C. Maddin - 2019.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Parareptilia, Procolophonomorpha, Acleistorhinidae.
Species: C. lundi (type).
Diet: Insectivore?
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: USA, Oklahoma.
Time period: Early Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial fragmented skull and
jaws.
Carbonodraco
is a genus of acleistorhinid parareptile that lived in North America
during the early Permian. At the time of its description Carbonodraco
is considered to be one of the earliest known parareptiles.
Further reading
- Carbonodraco lundi gen et sp. nov., the
oldest parareptile,
from Linton, Ohio, and new insights into the early radiation of
reptiles. - Royal Society Open Science. 6 (11): 191191.
- Arjan Mann, Emily J. McDaniel, Emily R. McColville
& Hillary C. Maddin - 2019.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Random favourites
 |
 |
 |