Macrodontophion

Macrodontophion
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Macrodontophion holotype in two views (after Zborzewski, 1834)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Chordata
Genus: Macrodontophion
Zborzewsky, 1834[1]

Macrodontophion (meaning "long-toothed snake") is the name given to a dubious genus of lophotrocozoan from the Early Devonian of the Ukraine. It was described by Zborzewsky in 1834, but was never given a species epithet, and is considered a nomen dubium, because it is based on a sole tooth.[2]

References

  1. Zborzewsky, Adalbert (1834). Aperçu de recherches, physiques, rationelles sur les nouvelles curiosités Podolie-Volhyniennes et sur leurs rapports géologiques avec les autres localités. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 7: 224-254, .
  2. http://theropoddatabase.com/Non-theropods.htm#Macrodontophion
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