Calligenethlon
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Calligenethlon is an extinct genus of embolomere tetrapodomorphs from the Late Carboniferous of Joggins, Nova Scotia.[1][2] It is the only definitively identified embolomere from the Joggins Fossil Cliffs and is the largest tetrapod to have been found preserved in lycopod tree stumps.[3]
| Calligenethlon Temporal range: Late Carboniferous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Embolomeri |
| Family: | †Eogyrinidae |
| Genus: | †Calligenethlon Steen, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| †Calligenethlon watsoni Steen, 1934 | |
