UCMP MYSTERY FOSSIL #17 is . . .
Phlegethonia


UCMP Mystery Fossil Number 17

Phlegethonia is an aistopod, an extinct, legless, swimming form of amphibian from the Pennsylvanian Period. Paleontologists continue to debate how aistopods might be related to amphibians. Find out more about amphibians in the fossil record here.
 

Credits button UCMP logo Copyright symbol