Biology:Papposaurus
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Short description: Extinct genus of amphibians
| Papposaurus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Embolomeri |
| Family: | †Proterogyrinidae |
| Genus: | †Papposaurus Watson, 1914 |
| Type species | |
| Papposaurus traquairi Watson, 1914
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Papposaurus is an extinct genus of proterogyrinid embolomere which lived in the Mississippian (early Carboniferous) of Scotland. It is known from a single species, Papposaurus traquiairi, which is based on an isolated femur discovered in ironstone near Loanhead.[1][2] Though originally compared closely to reptiles,[3] subsequent study has revealed closer similarity to basal embolomeres such as Proterogyrinus and Archeria.[1] With such limited remains, Papposaurus may not be a valid genus. The femur was redescribed in 1986 by T. R. Smithson, who considered Papposaurus traquairi a nomen vanum possibly synonymous with Proterogyrinus scheelei.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Holmes, R. (2 November 1984). "The Carboniferous Amphibian Proterogyrinus scheelei Romer, and the Early Evolution of Tetrapods". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 306 (1130): 431–524. doi:10.1098/rstb.1984.0103. Bibcode: 1984RSPTB.306..431H.
- ↑ Smithson, T. R. (1985-09-01). "Scottish Carboniferous amphibian localities" (in en). Scottish Journal of Geology 21 (2): 123–142. doi:10.1144/sjg21020123. ISSN 0036-9276. https://sjg.lyellcollection.org/content/21/2/123.
- ↑ Watson, D. M. S. (August 1914). "III.—On a Femur of Reptilian Type from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland" (in en). Geological Magazine 1 (8): 347–348. doi:10.1017/S0016756800139883. ISSN 1469-5081. Bibcode: 1914GeoM....1..347W. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/abs/iiion-a-femur-of-reptilian-type-from-the-lower-carboniferous-of-scotland/6045196379A1712D4FC8A0954BB2CA1D.
- ↑ Smithson, T. R. (September 1986). "A new anthracosaur amphibian from the Carboniferous of Scotland". Palaeontology 29 (3): 603–628. https://www.palass.org/sites/default/files/media/publications/palaeontology/volume_29/vol29_part3_pp603-628.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q107994798 entry
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