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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37259	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37259

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Aistopoda : Phlegethontiidae : Phlegethontia

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Amphibia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Lepospondyli
suborder	Aistopoda	Miall 1875
family	Phlegethontiidae	Cope 1875
genus	Phlegethontia	Cope 1871

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Phlegethontia	genus	belongs to Molgophidae	stated without evidence	Hay, 1902
Phlegethontia	genus	belongs to Dolichosomidae	stated with evidence	Gregory, 1948
Phlegethontia	genus	belongs to Phlegethontiidae	stated with evidence	McGinnis, 1967
Phlegethontia	genus	belongs to Phlegethontiidae	implied	Thayer, 1985
Phlegethontia	genus	belongs to Phlegethontiidae	stated without evidence	Carroll et al., 1998
Phlegethontia	genus	belongs to Phlegethontiidae	stated with evidence	Anderson, 2002
Phlegethontia	genus	belongs to Aistopoda	stated without evidence	Maddin et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

290 - 268 Ma
Permian

Environment

brackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Reproduction

dispersal=water (based on Amphibia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. D. Cope. 1871. Stated Meeting, Nov. 3d, 1871. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:176-177

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Phlegethontia linearis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous
Phlegethontia longissima ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	311 Ma Carboniferous	311 Ma Carboniferous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1871	Phlegethontia Cope p. 177
1902	Phlegethontia Hay p. 411
1948	Phlegethontia Gregory pp. 636, 663
1967	Phlegethontia McGinnis p. 2
1978	Phlegethontia Lund p. 55
1978	Aornerpeton Lund p. 61 figs. 8-10
1985	Phlegethontia Thayer p. 688

Year	Name and Author
1985	Phlegethontia phanerhapha Thayer p. 688 fig. 4
1988	Phlegethontia Carroll
1998	Aornerpeton Carroll et al. p. 181
1998	Phlegethontia Carroll et al. p. 181
1998	Phlegethontia phanerhapha Carroll et al. p. 181
2002	Phlegethontia Anderson p. 1031
2012	Phlegethontia Maddin et al.

References

Cope E. D. Stated Meeting, Nov. 3d, 1871, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12, 176-177

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

Gregory J. T. (1948) A New Limbless Vertebrate from the Pennsylvanian of Mazon Creek, Illinois, American Journal of Science 246, 636-663

McGinnis H. J. (1967) The Osteology of Phlegethontia, a Carboniferous and Permian Aïstopod Amphibian, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 71, 1-46

Lund R. (1978) Anatomy and Relationships of the Family Phlegethontiidae (Amphibia, Aïstopoda), Annals of Carnegie Museum 47 4, 53-79

Thayer D. W. (1985) New Pennsylvanian Lepospondyl Amphibians from the Swisshelm Mountains, Arizona, Journal of Paleontology 59 3, 684-700

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Carroll R. L., Bossy K. A., et al (1998) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae, 1-216

Anderson J. S. (2002) Revision of the Aïstopod Genus Phlegethontia (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli), Journal of Paleontology 76 6, 1029-1046 doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2002)076<1029:ROTAGP>2.0.CO;2

Maddin H. C., Jenkins Jr F. A., et al (2012) The Braincase of Eocaecilia micropodia (Lissamphibia, Gymnophiona) and the Origin of Caecilians, PLoS One 7 12, e50743 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050743

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