- Scotia, Ohio, and the
Czech Republic and are Late
Carboniferous in age.
Tuditanids were medium-sized
terrestrial microsaurs that
resembled lizards. Postcranial...
- Tudit**** is an
extinct genus of
tuditanid microsaur from the Carboniferous, ~ 306 Ma ago. It was of
small size,
reaching a
length of
about 24 cm. Carroll...
- the
position of
Lepospondyli within crown group Tetrapoda: Tudit****, a
tuditanid "microsaur" Pelodosotis, an
ostodolepid "microsaur" Pantylus, a pantylid...
- e. brachystelechids) very
similar to
lissamphibians and
others (i.e.
tuditanids) very
similar to amniotes. If
lepospondyls are both
close relatives of...
-
abundant urocordylid nectridean Sauropleura pectinata Linton An
abundant urocordylid nectridean Tudit****
punctulatus Linton A rare
tuditanid microsaur...
-
there are four
families of tuditanomorphs, with two
being monotypic.
Tuditanids first appear in the
Lower Pennsylvanian. Goniorhynchidae, Hapsidopareiidae...
-
Trihecaton resemble those of short-bodied
microsaurs like
pantylids and
tuditanids.
Carroll &
Gaskill (1978)
noted that the
proportions and
intercentra of...
-
upper jaw. This
number is
somewhat larger than that of the
eponymous tuditanid Tudit****.
These marginal (edge)
teeth in
general are
slightly larger...
-
nasals are also
similar in size. It has been
compared to
conservative tuditanids but
lacks a
posterior flare of the squamosal, and
gymnathrids but lacks...
