Pseudophlegethontia
| Pseudophlegethontia | |
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| Fossil of P. turnbullorum in the Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Aistopoda |
| Clade: | †Phlegethontioidea |
| Family: | †Pseudophlegethontiidae Anderson, 2003 |
| Genus: | †Pseudophlegethontia Anderson, 2003 |
| Species: | †P. turnbullorum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pseudophlegethontia turnbullorum Anderson, 2003
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Pseudophlegethontia is an
tetrapodomorphs. It is the only member of the family Pseudophlegethontiidae. The only species is the type species P. turnbullorum, named in 2003. Fossils of Pseudophlegethontia have been found from the Mazon Creek fossil beds in Grundy County, Illinois, a conservation lagerstätte well known for the exceptional preservation of middle Pennsylvanian taxa.[1]
Pseudophlegethontia has been considered to be morphologically intermediate between
sister taxon
to phlegethontiids, represented by Phlegethontia.
References
- ^ S2CID 85104000.
- PMID 14667343.
- doi:10.1139/e03-023.
- PMID 30631641.
