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Linton Tetrapod - Ptyonius

Pennsylvanian, Freeport Coal, Linton, Ohio, USA

76mm urocordylid amphibian on 97mm slab from the famous Linton site in Ohio. Known to early paleontologists such as E.D. Cope, the Linton mine has been closed for nearly a century. In Cope's time the Linton Fauna contained the earliest known reptile and is still one of the richest sites for Carboniferous amphibians and reptiles in the world.

$1499