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Palaeomolgophis

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Palaeomolgophis
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous, 345.3–326.4 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: †Adelospondyli
Family: †Adelogyrinidae
Genus: †Palaeomolgophis
M. C. Brough & J. Brough, 1967
Type species
†Palaeomolgophis scoticus
M. C. Brough & J. Brough, 1967

Palaeomolgophis is an extinct genus of eel-like adelospondyl tetrapodomorphs containing a single species—Palaeomolgophis scoticus.[1] Their limbs are much reduced, and they were probably fully aquatic.[2][3]

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