Montcellia
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
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Montcellia is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs within the family Urocordylidae that lived in the late Carboniferous period in the modern France.
| Montcellia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Nectridea |
| Family: | †Urocordylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sauropleurinae |
| Genus: | †Montcellia Dutuit and Heyler, 1994 |
| Species: | †M. longicaudata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Montcellia longicaudata Moodie, 1909 | |
References
- Carroll, R. L. et al. (1998) Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Part 1. München:Pfeil.
- Dutuit, J-M. & Heyler, D. (1994) Rhacitomes, Lepospondyles et Reptiles du Stephanien (Carbonifere superieur) du basin de Montceau-les-Mines (Massif central, France): In: quand le Massif Central etait sout l’equateur: un ecosystemse Carbonfiere a Montceau-les-Mines. Memoires de la section des Sciences 12:249-266.
- Steyer J.-S. et al. (1998) Les Amphibiens de Paléozoique et du Trias français: historique et inventaire. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle d'Autun 162:23-40. .