8.1" Discosauriscus (Early Permian Reptiliomorph) - Czech Republic

This is a remarkably preserved, 8.1" long Discosauriscus from the Early Permian deposits of the Czech Republic. This is a phenomenal specimen, nicely articulated with all the short limbs present and displayed on a nice unbroken slab of rock. There is a thick calcite seam running through the head of the specimen where the rock was faulted and shifted. These specimens always have some restoration to the smaller digits on the hands, but this one appears to have relatively little restoration.

Discosauricus was a small seymouriamorph that lived in Central Europe during the Lower Permian Period. Many seymouriamorphs were terrestrial or semi-aquatic. However, aquatic larvae bearing external gills and grooves from the lateral line system have been found, making them unquestionably amphibians. The adults were terrestrial. Some of the best fossils of Discosauricus species have been found in Boskovice basin in the Czech Republic.

Because the skeletons of Discosauriscus were lightly sclerotized, they are rarely as well preserved as the intact specimen found on this plate. This fossil clearly defines the wide jaws, short limbs, and relatively long tail of this species. A well-preserved, lateral-line system has been described by researchers, which suggests that Discosauriscus may have had electroreceptive organs.

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DETAILS
SPECIES
Discosauriscus (Letoverpeton) sp.
LOCATION
Brno, Boskovice, Moravia, SE Czech Republic
FORMATION
Limnic Deposits
SIZE
8.1" long on 9.8x7.8" rock
ITEM
#106347
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