Carrolla
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Genus: | †Carrolla
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Species: | †C. craddocki
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Carrolla craddocki |
Carrolla craddocki is an extinct species of Carrolla, an extinct genus, of the prehistoric amphibian lepospondyl microsaur that lived in the Lower Permian in North America.
References
- Anderson, J. S. (2001) The phylogenetic trunk: maximal inclusion of taxa with missing data in an analysis of the Lepospondyli (Vertebrata, Tetrapoda). Syst. Biol. 50, 170–193.
- Carroll, R. L. & Gaskill, P. (1978) The order Microsauria, Mem. Amer. Phil. Soc., 126:1–211.
- Carroll, R. L. et al. (1998) Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Part 1. München:Pfeil.
- Langston W, Jr. & Olson E. C. (1986) Carrolla craddocki, a new genus and species of microsaur from the Lower Permian of Texas. Pearce-Sellards Series 43:1-20.
- Maddin, H. C. et al. (2011) A redescription of Carrolla craddocki (Lepospondyli: Brachystelechidae) based on high-resolution CT, and the impacts of miniaturization and fossoriality on morphology J Morphol. 272(6):722-43.