Caerorhachis (Latin) is a genus of extinct amphibians from the monotypic family Caerorhachidae of an obscure systematic position. Known for the only incomplete skeleton acquired in 1883 by Harvard University as part of the collection of Scottish vertebrates of the Carboniferous period , which belonged to Thomas Stoke. The material of the collection did not have accompanying information on the place of detection and stratigraphic characteristics. The structure of the shale fossil similar to those of the excavations in Lonheed (southern suburb of Edinburgh , Scotland), which date from the Serpukhov layer of the lower Carboniferous (age - about 331-323 Ma) [2] .
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Caerorhachis Holmes et Carroll, 1977 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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† Caerorhachis bairdi Holmes et Carroll, 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geochronology 326.4-318.1 Ma
◄ Nowadays◄ Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction◄ Triassic extinction◄ Perm mass extinction◄ Devonian extinction◄ Ordovician-Silurian extinction◄ Cambrian explosion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lifestyle
Predominantly ground amphibians. By way of life they could resemble modern land salamanders or even lizards. Length up to 1 meter.
Notes
- ↑ Holmes R., Carroll R. A temnospondyl amphibian from the Mississippian of Scotland // Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. - Vol. 147. - P. 489-511.
- ↑ Ruta M., Milner AR, Coates MI The tetrapod Caernharis Holmes and the Carroll from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland // Earth Science and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. - 2001. - Vol. 92, No. 3 . - P. 229-261. - DOI : 10.1017 / S0263593300000249 .
Literature
- Ruta M., Coates MI, Quicke DLJ Early tetrapod relationships revisited // Biological Reviews (Cambridge Philosophical Society). - 2003. - Vol. 78. - P. 262. - DOI : 10.1017 / s1464793102006103 .
- Ruta M., Milner AR, Coates MI The tetrapod Caeralhachis bairdi Holmes and the Carroll from the Lower Carboniferous of Scotland // Earth Science and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. - 2001. - Vol. 92, No. 3 . - P. 229-261. - DOI : 10.1017 / S0263593300000249 .
- Clack JA Gaining Ground. - 2002. - p. 369. - ISBN 978-0-253-34054-2 .
- Ruta M., Jeffery JE, Coates MI A supertree of early tetrapods // Proceedings of the Royal Society B. - 2003. - Vol. 270, No. 1532 . - P. 2507-2516. - DOI : 10.1098 / rspb.2003.2524 .