Amphibia - Nectridea - Diplocaulidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1877. A continuation of researches among the Batrachia of the Coal Measures of Ohio. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 22:573-578
Belongs to Diplocaulus according to R. L. Carroll et al. 1998
See also Cope 1877 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Diplocaulus brevirostris, Diplocaulus copei, Diplocaulus magnicornis, Diplocaulus minimus, Diplocaulus parvus, Diplocaulus primus, Diplocaulus recurvatus
Type specimen: FMNH UC 6513-16, a set of vertebrae. Its type locality is Danville Locality (Vertebrates), which is in a Missourian terrestrial horizon in the Bond Formation of Illinois.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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