Megalocephalus

Megalocephalus Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Megalocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Superclass:	Tetrapoda
Superfamily:	†Loxommotoidea
Family:	†Baphetidae/Loxommatidae
Genus:	†Megalocephalus
Species
†Megalocephalus pachycephalus[1] †Megalocephalus lineolatus[2]
Synonyms
†Anisodexis Cope, 1882

Megalocephalus is an extinct genus of loxommatid from the late Carboniferous period. Its fossils have been found in China and North America.^[1] It contains two species, M. pachycephalus and M. lineolatus.^[2] The skull of M. pachycephalus could measure about eight inches long.^[1]

Megalocephalus skull

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Megalocephalus Fossil from Maoming, Guangdong, China.". www.artsourceasia.com. http://www.artsourceasia.com/pages/fossilpages/fossil17.html. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Confirmation of Romer's Gap as a low oxygen interval constraining the timing of initial arthropod and vertebrate terrestrialization". Ward et al. National Academy of Sciences. 2008. http://www.pnas.org/content/103/45/16818/suppl/DC1. Retrieved 2008-08-15. 

External links

• Megalocephalus at the Paleobiology Database
• A new baphetid (stem tetrapod) from the Upper Carboniferous of Tyne and Wear, U.K., and the evolution of the tetrapod occiput. By J.A. Clack