Erpetonyx
| Erpetonyx Temporal range: Pennsylvanian, 303.7–289.9 Ma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | †Parareptilia |
| Clade: | †Bolosauria |
| Genus: | †Erpetonyx Modesto et al., 2015 |
| Type species | |
| †Erpetonyx arsenaultorum Modesto et al., 2015 | |
Erpetonyx is an extinct genus of bolosaurian parareptile from the Gzhelian stage of the Carboniferous. It is known from a single, articulated and mostly complete specimen from Cape Egmont, in southern Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is the earliest known parareptile, and brings back the origins of several clades into the Carboniferous.[1]
References
- ↑ Modesto, S. P.; Scott, D. M.; MacDougall, M. J.; Sues, H.-D.; Evans, D. C.; Reisz, R. R. (2015). "The oldest parareptile and the early diversification of reptiles" (PDF). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 282 (1801): 20141912–20141912. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.1912.
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