''Montcellia'' is an extinct
genus
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of
nectridea
Nectridea is an extinct order of lepospondyl tetrapods from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, including animals such as '' Diplocaulus''. In appearance, they would have resembled modern newts or aquatic salamanders, although they are not cl ...
n
tetrapodomorph
Tetrapodomorpha (also known as Choanata) is a clade of vertebrates consisting of tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) and their closest sarcopterygian relatives that are more closely related to living tetrapods than to living lungfish. Advanced for ...
s within the
family
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Urocordylidae
The Urocordylidae are an extinct family (biology), family of nectridean lepospondyl amphibians. Urocordylids lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian in what is now Europe and North America and are characterized by their very long, p ...
that lived in the late
Carboniferous
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period in the modern
France
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.
References
*Carroll, R. L. ''et al.'' (1998
Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Part 1 München:Pfeil.
*Dutuit, J-M. & Heyler, D. (1994) Rhacitomes, Lepospondyles et Reptiles du Stephanien (Carbonifere superieur) du basin de Montceau-les-Mines (Massif central, France): In: quand le Massif Central etait sout l’equateur: un ecosystemse Carbonfiere a Montceau-les-Mines. ''Memoires de la section des Sciences'' 12:249-266.
*Steyer J.-S. ''et al.'' (1998) Les Amphibiens de Paléozoique et du Trias français: historique et inventaire. ''Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle d'Autun'' 162:23-40. .
Urocordylidae
Pennsylvanian sarcopterygians of Europe
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