Adelospondyli

Adelospondyls; Temporal range: Early Carboniferous
	Adelospondylus.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Clade:	Stegocephali
Order:	†Adelospondyli; Watson, 1930
Families and genera
	†Acherontiscidae †Acherontiscus; ; †Adelogyrinidae †Adelogyrinus; †Adelospondylus; †Dolichopareias; †Palaeomolgophis; ;

Adelospondyli is an order of elongate, presumably aquatic, Carboniferous amphibians. The skull is solidly roofed, and elongate, with the orbits located very far forward. The limbs are well developed. Most adelospondyls belong to the family Adelogyrinidae, although the adelospondyl Acherontiscus has been placed in its own family, Acherontiscidae. The group is restricted to the Mississippian (Serpukhovian Age) of Scotland.

References

Carroll, RL (1988), Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, WH Freeman & Co.
von Zittel, K.A (1932), Textbook of Paleontology, CR Eastman (transl. and ed), 2nd edition, vol.2, p. 225, Macmillan & Co.

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