Biology:Diplocaulidae
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Short description: Extinct family of amphibians
Diplocaulidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous - Late Permian
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A skeletal diagram of Diplocaulus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subclass: | †Lepospondyli |
Order: | †Nectridea |
Family: | †Diplocaulidae Cope, 1881 |
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The Diplocaulidae ("double cauls") is an extinct family of lepospondyl amphibians that arose during the Late Carboniferous and died out in the Late Permian. [1] They are distinguished from other amphibians, extinct and extant, by the presence of strange, horn-like protrusions jutting out from the rear of their skulls; in some genera said protrusions gave their heads an almost boomerang-like outline.
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010):[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Germain, D. (2010). "The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana". Historical Biology 22 (1–3): 4–39. doi:10.1080/08912961003779678.
Wikidata ☰ Q5279834 entry
es:Keraterpetontidae
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplocaulidae.
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