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cladogram modified from
Germain (2010): Germain, D. (2010). "The
Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the
single one on Gondwana".
Historical Biology...
- semiaquatic, or terrestrial. None were
large (the
biggest genus, the
diplocaulid Diplocaulus,
reached a
meter in length, but most were much smaller),...
- to
modern amphibians. Both
diplocaulids and
urocordylids are
considered to be
completely aquatic,
although only
diplocaulids possess lateral line canals...
- an
ostodolepid "microsaur" from the
group Lepospondyli Diplocaulus, a
diplocaulid "nectridean" from the
group Lepospondyli Kotl****ia, an
aquatic seymouriamorph...
- ISSN 1383-4517. May,
William J.; Hall,
Joseph D. (2016). "First
Occurrence of the
Diplocaulid GenusDiploceraspisfrom the
Wellington Formation (Lower Permian) of Northern...
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pusillus specimens as the
basis for
Platyops parvus, a new
genus of
diplocaulid. In 1946, E.C. Case
revised Williston's name to
Permoplatyops parvus...
-
Werneberg reported the
discovery of body
impressions left
behind by
diplocaulid amphibians in the
Rotliegende of the
Thuringian Forest area. The ****emblage...
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persisting into the
lower part of the formation.
Diplocaulus D.
magnicornis A
diplocaulid nectridean with
robust blunt-tipped horns. Very
common in pond sediments...
-
urocordylid nectridean Diceratosaurus brevirostris Linton An
abundant diplocaulid nectridean Molgophis macrurus Linton A rare
lysorophian Oestocephalus...
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namely "microsaurs" and a few "nectrideans" such as
Scincosaurus and
diplocaulids.
Adelospondyls take this one step further. They
possess only a single...
