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Diplocaulus (meaning "double stalk") is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibians which lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Permian of North America and Africa. Diplocaulus is by far the largest and best-known of the lepospondyls, characterized by a distinctive boomerang -shaped skull .
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Lepospondyli is a diverse taxon of early tetrapods.With the exception of one late-surviving lepospondyl from the Late Permian of Morocco (Diplocaulus minimus), [6] lepospondyls lived from the Visean stage of the Early Carboniferous to the Early Permian and were geographically restricted to what is now Europe and North America.
Fossilized axial skeleton of the Carboniferous-Permian amphibian Diplocaulus †Diplocaulus – type locality for genus †Diplocaulus brevirostris – type locality for species †Diplocaulus copei – type locality for species †Diplocaulus magnicornis – type locality for species †Diplocaulus primus
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Keraterpeton is an extinct genus of "nectridean" tetrapodomorphs, previously included within the monotypic Keraterpedontidae family, [3] from the Carboniferous period of Europe (Czech Republic, England and Ireland) [4] and North America (United States); [5] [6] it is the oldest known member of the family Diplocaulidae.