Palaeomolgophis

Palaeomolgophis
Temporal range: Early Carboniferous,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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. Their limbs are much reduced, and they were probably fully aquatic.

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