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| Diploradus | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Clade: | Stegocephali |
| Genus: | †Diploradus Clacket al., 2016 |
| Type species | |
| †Diploradus austiumensis Clacket al., 2016 | |
Diploradus is anextinctgenus of four-limbedstem-tetrapod from theMississippian (mid-Tournaisian) ofScotland. It contains a single species,Diploradus austiumensis, based on an incomplete skull and jaw fragments from theBallagan Formation atBurnmouth. The most complete part of the specimen, the lower jaw, was about 3.0 cm (1.2 in.) in length and possessed several rows of small, numerous teeth. It likely represents a juvenile animal.Diploradus was described in a 2016 study which was devised to fill in the tetrapod and stem-tetrapod faunas ofRomer's gap, an interval of the earlyCarboniferous with few vertebrate fossils. It was one of five new genera named in this study, along withAytonerpeton,Koilops,Ossirarus, andPerittodus.[1]
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