Perittodus apsconditus Clack et al. 2016 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda

Referred to in Smithson et al., 2012, as new taxon A.

Full reference: J. A. Clack, C. E. Bennett, D. K. Carpenter, S. J. Davies, N. C. Fraser, T. I. Kearsey, J. E. A. Marshall, D. Millward, B. K. A. Otoo, E. J. Reeves, A. J. Ross, M. Ruta, K. Z. Smithson, T. R. Smithson, and S. A. Walsh. 2016. Phylogenetic and environmental context of a Tournaisian tetrapod fauna. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(0002)

Belongs to Perittodus according to J. A. Clack et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMZC 2011.7.2a and b, a partial skull (Cheek region of skull, lower jaw, and postcranial elements in part and counterpart). Its type locality is Willie’s Hole Bed 2 (amphibian bed), which is in a Tournaisian terrestrial horizon in the Ballagan Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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