| Dolichopareias Temporal range: Carboniferous, | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | † Adelospondyli |
| Family: | † Adelogyrinidae |
| Genus: | † Dolichopareias Watson, 1928 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Dolichopareias disjectus Watson, 1928 | |
Dolichopareias is an extinct genus of adelospondyl tetrapodomorph. [1] [2]
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2D, stereoscopic, and 3D imagery of the type specimen of Dolichopareias disjectus
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