Crassigyrinus scoticus Watson 1929 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Crassigyrinidae

Synonym: Macromerium scoticum Lydekker 1890 [objective synonym]

Full reference: D. M. S. Watson. 1929. The Carboniferous Amphibia of Scotland. Palaeontologia Hungarica 1:223-252

Belongs to Crassigyrinus according to Watson 1929

See also Clack and Milner 2015, Panchen 1970 and Watson 1929

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

  • Crassigyrinus scoticus: Royal Scotish Museum No. 272 (Hugh Miller collection), a skull. Its type locality is Gilmerton Ironstone, which is in a Brigantian terrestrial horizon in the United Kingdom.
  • Macromerium scoticum: B.M. (N.H.) R.310, a mandible.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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