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Ductilodon

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Ductilodon
Temporal range: Early Permian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Nectridea
Family: Diplocaulidae
Genus: Ductilodon
Gubin, 1999
Type species
Ductilodon pruitti
Gubin, 1999

Ductilodon is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs in the family Diplocaulidae. The type and only species Ductilodon pruitti was named in 1999 from the Early Permian of Kansas. Distinguishing features of Ductilodon include horns that project backward from the skull and an arched row of teeth on the palate. Ductilodon is most closely related to the diplocaulids Diplocaulus and Diploceraspis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gubin, Y.M. (1999). "A new diplocaulid (Nectridea, Amphibia) from the Early Permian of Kansas (USA)". Paleontological Journal. 33 (6): 630–637.