Osteichthyes - Recumbirostra - Molgophidae
Synonyms: Cocytinus Cope 1871, Lysorophus Cope 1877, Pleuroptyx Cope 1875
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:208-221
Parent taxon: Cocytinidae according to R. L. Carroll et al. 1998
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1868, Cope 1875, Cope 1888, Daly 1973, Hay 1902, Maddin et al. 2012, Pardo and Anderson 2016 and Wellstead 1991
Sister taxa: Infernovenator, Molgophis
Subtaxa: Brachydectes newberryi Lysorophus dunkardensis
Type: Brachydectes newberryi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (33: Kansas, Maryland, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virginia collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (1: New Mexico)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2), United States (7: Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)
Total: 43 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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