Rubricacaecilia is an extinct genus of caecilian (limbless amphibian) from the Berriasian aged Ksar Metlili Formation in Morocco.[1]

Rubricacaecilia
Temporal range: 145.0–139.8 Ma Berriasian
Schematic of the jaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Gymnophiona
Genus: Rubricacaecilia
Evans and Sigogneau-Russell, 2001
Species:
R. monbaroni
Binomial name
Rubricacaecilia monbaroni
Evans and Sigogneau-Russell, 2001
Reconstruction

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, S. E. & Sigogneau-Rusell, D. (2001) A stem-group caecilian (Amphibia: Lissamphibia) from the Lower Cretaceous of Morocco. Palaeontology 44, 259–273.