Phlegethontia linearis Cope 1871 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Aistopoda - Phlegethontiidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1871. Stated Meeting, Nov. 3d, 1871. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:176-177

Belongs to Phlegethontia according to J. S. Anderson 2002

See also Carroll et al. 1998, Cope 1871, Hay 1902, Lund 1978 and McGinnis 1967

Sister taxa: Phlegethontia longissima, Phlegethontia phanerhapha

Type specimen: AMNH 6966, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Linton, which is in a Westphalian D mire/swamp coal in Ohio.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Linton

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