Pteroplax

United Kingdom ( Northumberland )

Pteroplax is an extinct amphibian living land vertebrate animal that according to Robert Lynn Carroll the Eogyrinidae, a family of Reptiliomorpha belonged. It was mentioned for the first time in 1868 by Albany Hancock and Thomas Atthey. The only way is described Pteroplax cornutus. Fossils, including partially preserved skull, vertebrae and ribs were found in coal -bearing strata near Blyth in Northumberland ( UK).

Features

The length of Pteroplax is estimated at two meters, the skull was twenty inches long. The legs were stubby way and do not lend themselves to running. The eyes were very far up the skull. The tail was longer than the body and probably served the control in the water.

Mya (unit) Anthracosauria Embolomeri Blyth (Northumberland) Dorling Kindersley

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