Stegops
Encyclopedia
Stegops is an extinct genus
of eryopoidea
n euskelia
n temnospondyl within the family
Zatrachydidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of eryopoidea
Eryopoidea
Eryopoidea are a taxon of late Carboniferous and Permian temnospondyli amphibians, known from North America and Europe. Carroll includes no less than ten families, but Yates and Warren replace this with a cladistic approach and include only two Permian families, the Eryopidae and Zatrachydidae...
n euskelia
Euskelia
Euskelia is a clade of extinct Temnospondyl amphibians.-References:*Yates, A. M. & Warren, A. A. , The phylogeny of the 'higher' temnospondyls and its implications for the monophyly and origins of the Stereospondyli. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128: 77-121....
n temnospondyl within the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Zatrachydidae
Zatrachydidae
The Zatrachydidae are a family of late Carboniferous and Early Permian temnospondyl amphibians, known from North America and Europe. They are distinguished by lateral bony protuberances of the Quadratojugal bone of the skull, and a large opening in the palate. The skull is flattened, with...
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See also
- Prehistoric amphibian
- List of prehistoric amphibians