Gephyrostegus
Name:
Gephyrostegus
(Bridge roof).
Phonetic: Ge-fy-ro-steg-us.
Named By: Otto Jaeckel - 1902.
Synonyms: Diplovertebron punctatus,
Gephyrostegus watsoni.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilomorpha,
Gephyrostegida, Gephyrostegidae.
Species: G. bohemicus
(type).
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: About 21 centimetres long.
Known locations: Czech Republic.
Time period: Westphalian of the Carboniferous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeletal remains.
A genus of reptilomorph, Gephyrostegus is on the evolutionary line to amniotes, yet at the same time remains a very distant relation to actual amniotes. As far as reptilomorphs go Gephyrostegus is also very small, and the presence of numerous small sharp teeth, and large eyes has been interpreted by most as being the form of an Insectivore.
Further reading
- Über Gephyrostegus bohemicus, n.g. n.sp.
- Zeitschrift der
Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft no 54: pp. 127–132. -
Otto Jaeckel - 1902.
The Genus Gephyrostegus. - Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal
Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 252 (776):
147–165. - Margaret C. Brough & J. Brough -
1967.
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