Crassigyrinus

Crassigyrinus
Temporal range: Viséan
~345–329 Ma
3D skull reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Stegocephali
Family: Crassigyrinidae
von Huene, 1948
Genus: Crassigyrinus
Watson, 1929
Type species
Crassigyrinus scoticus
Watson, 1929

Crassigyrinus (from Latin: crassus, 'thick' and Greek: γυρίνος Greek: gyrínos, 'tadpole') is an extinct genus of carnivorous stem tetrapod from the Early Carboniferous Limestone Coal Group of Scotland and possibly Greer, West Virginia.[1]

  1. ^ Godfrey, S. J. 1988. Isolated tetrapod remains from the Carboniferous of West Virginia. Kirtlandia 43, 27-36.