Anthracosaurus russelli Huxley 1863 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Anthracosauridae

Full reference: T. H. Huxley. 1863. Description of Anthracosaurus russelli, a new labyrinthodont form the Lanarkshire coal field. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:56-68

Belongs to Anthracosaurus according to A. L. Panchen 1970

See also Huxley 1863

Sister taxon: Anthracosaurus lancifer

Type specimen: Its type locality is Airdrie, Lanarkshire, which is in a Westphalian B/Westphalian C fluvial-deltaic coal in the Middle Coal Measures Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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