Biology:Gephyrostegidae

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Short description: Extinct family of amphibians

Gephyrostegidae
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Gefyrostegus22DB.jpg
Life restoration of Gephyrostegus bohemicus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Gephyrostegida
Family: Gephyrostegidae
Jaeckel, 1909

Gephyrostegidae is an extinct family of reptiliomorph tetrapods from the Late Carboniferous including the genera Gephyrostegus, Bruktererpeton, and Eusauropleura. Gephyrostegus is from the Czech Republic, Brukterepeton is from Germany , and Eusauropleura is from the eastern United States .[1]

References

  1. Marcello Ruta, Michael I. Coates and Donald L. J. Quicke (2003). "Early tetrapod relationships revisited". Biological Reviews 78 (2): 251–345. doi:10.1017/S1464793102006103. PMID 12803423. http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/coates/5.RutCoaQuick2003.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3103831 entry