Palaeomolgophis

Pay-le-o-mol-go-fis.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Palaeomolgophis ‭(‬ancient Molgophis‭)‬.

Phonetic

Pay-le-o-mol-go-fis.

Named By

M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Brough‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Brough‭ ‬-‭ ‬1967.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Amphibia,‭ ‬Adelospondyli,‭ ‬Adelogyrinidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

P.‭ ‬scotius‭

Size

Roughly about‭ ‬18‭ ‬centimetres long.

Known locations

Scotland.

Time Period

Visean of the Carboniferous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and post cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Palaeomolgophis is a genus of amphibian that lived in Scotland during the Carboniferous.‭ ‬Palaeomolgophis displays a severe reduction in the size of its limbs which has led to speculation that Palaeomolgophis might have been fully aquatic.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Studies on Early Tetrapods I.‭ ‬The Lower Carboniferous Microsaurs.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London,‭ ‬series B,‭ ‬n.‭ ‬252,‭ ‬p.‭ ‬107-129‭ ‬-‭ ‬M.‭ ‬C.‭ ‬Brough‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬Brough‭ ‬-‭ ‬1967.

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