Adelospondylus watsoni

Adelospondylus watsoni is only known from a small skull from the Lower carboniferous of Scotland (It was erroneously reported being from the Upper Carboniferous). It belongs to a very poorly known group of Lepospondyli amphibians called Adelospondyli consisting of four genera of very elongated aquatic animals with tiny limbs.

Name

Adelospondylus watsoni

Authority

Carroll, 1967

Size

Skull length: 5 cm, Length: 50 cm

Remains

Skull

Age and Distribution

Lower Carboniferous beds (?Serpukhovian) of Scotland.

Classification

Lepospondyli Adelospondyli Adelogyrinidae

Further Reading

Carroll, R. L., 1967, "An Adelogyrinid Lepospondyl Amphibian from the Upper Carboniferous": Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 45, n. 1, p. 1-16.