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Glanochthon

Glanochthon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Permian of Germany. Fossils have been found from the Meisenheim Formation in the Saar–Nahe Basin.

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Glanochthon
Temporal range: Early Permian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: †Temnospondyli
Superfamily: †Archegosauroidea
Genus: †Glanochthon
Schoch and Witzmann, 2009
Species
  • †G. latirostre (Jordan, 1849)
  • †G. angusta Schoch and Witzmann, 2009

Glanochthon is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian from the Early Permian of Germany. Fossils have been found from the Meisenheim Formation in the Saar–Nahe Basin.1

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  1. Schoch, R.R.; Witzmann, F. (2009). "The temnospondyl Glanochthon from the Permian Meisenheim Formation of Germany". Special Papers in Palaeontology. 81: 121–136.