Eucritta melanolimnetes Clack, 1998
Tetrapoda
Baphetoidea
Baphetidae
Early Carboniferous
East Kirkton quarry (Visean)
Scotland, UK
Length: 25 cm
The name of this Early carboniferous tetrapod means "creature of the black lagoon" in reference to the locality of East Kirkton (and not of the 1954 movie of the same name as indicated in a certain popular encyclopedia). It has a mixture of amphibian and reptilian characteristics and its exact affinities are unknown.
June 3, 2015
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