Anthracodromeus

Anthracodromeus; Temporal range: Late Carboniferous,
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Family:	†Protorothyrididae
Genus:	†Anthracodromeus; Carroll & Baird, 1972
Species:	†A. longipes
Binomial name
	†Anthracodromeus longipes; (Cope, 1875 [originally Sauropleura])

Anthracodromeus is an extinct genus of Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) "protorothyridid" tetrapods known from Ohio. It is known from the holotype AMNH 6940, a nearly complete skeleton. It was collected in the Linton site in Jefferson County, from the Allegheny Group. A. longipes was first assigned by Edward Drinker Cope in 1875 to a species of Sauropleura. The genus was first named by Robert L. Carroll and Donald Baird in 1972 and the type species is Anthracodromeus longipes.^[1] It is amongst the oldest known tetrapods to display adaptations for climbing.^[2]

^ Robert L. Carroll & Donald Baird (1972). "Carboniferous Stem-Reptiles of the Family Romeriidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 143 (5): 321–363.
^ Mann, Arjan; Dudgeon, Thomas W.; Henrici, Amy C.; Berman, David S; Pierce, Stephanie E. (2021). "Digit and Ungual Morphology Suggest Adaptations for Scansoriality in the Late Carboniferous Eureptile Anthracodromeus longipes". Frontiers in Earth Science. 9: 440. Bibcode:2021FrEaS...9..440M. doi:10.3389/feart.2021.675337. ISSN 2296-6463.