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The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered amphibians. Modern forms are excluded from this list.
A skull diagram of D. magnicornis by Douthitt (1917), whose identifications of skull bones closely match those of modern sources The most distinctive features of this genus and its closest relatives were a pair of long protrusions or horns at the rear of the skull, giving the head a boomerang-like shape.
Megalocephalus (meaning "big head") is an extinct genus of baphetid tetrapodomorph from the late Carboniferous (Westphalian A-C) of the British Isles and the United States . [1] It contains two species, M. pachycephalus and M. lineolatus .
"Labyrinthodontia" (Greek, 'maze-toothed') is an informal grouping of extinct predatory amphibians which were major components of ecosystems in the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras (about 390 to 150 million years ago).
Temnospondyli (from Greek τέμνειν, temnein 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, spondylos 'vertebra') or temnospondyls is a diverse ancient order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered primitive amphibians—that flourished worldwide during the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic periods, with fossils being found on every continent.
Features of the ancient amphibian. The presence of teeth and other modern features of this prehistoric species can help researchers to better understand the evolutionary transition amphibians went ...
Prehistoric amphibian stubs (135 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric amphibians" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Stegocephali was coined in 1868 by the American paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope, who used it as a general category of prehistoric amphibians. This name was in reference to the skull form of many early tetrapods, with a low, solid shape combining numerous strongly-textured dermal bones. [1] In its original usage, the term quickly became obsolete.