Phlegethontia longissima (Fritsch, 1825)
Amphibia
Lepospondyli
Aistopoda
Phlegethontidae
Upper Carboniferous
Kladno Fm (Westphalian D, Moscovian)
Czech Republic
also present in the Carbondale Fm of Mazon Creek, Illinois and Linton, Ohio
Length: 1 m
Aistopods form a small group of snake-like limbless possibly burrowing amphibians to which the Late Carboniferous Phlegethontia is one of the most typical example.
December 7, 2014
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