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Lysorophus

Lysorophus
Temporal range: Permian
Lysorophus.jpg
Lysorophus tricarinatus showing speculative egg-coiling behavior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Lysorophia
Family: Lysorophidae
Genus: Lysorophus
Cope, 1877
species

Lysorophus alfredi
Lysorophus dunkardensis
Lysorophus minutus
Lysorophus tricarinatus


Lysorophus alfredi
Lysorophus dunkardensis
Lysorophus minutus
Lysorophus tricarinatus

Lysorophus is a genus of Lysorophia, extinct Permian Lepospondyl tetrapods. Most of the specimens are found from North America and attributed to the first formally described species Lysorophus tricarinatus due to the lack of diagnostic characters, but several other species have been described.Lysorophus were small salamander-like amphibians. They lived in fresh water, aestivating in burrows during dry periods.


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