- of the
class Amphibia,
modern classification systems recognize that
labyrinthodonts are not a
formal natural group (clade)
exclusive of
other tetrapods...
- Acanthostega, a fish-like
early labyrinthodont....
-
Baphetidae is an
extinct family of stem-tetrapods.
Baphetids were
large labyrinthodont predators of the Late
Carboniferous period (Namurian
through Westphalian)...
- more
extreme version found in
early tetrapods is
known as "
labyrinthodont" or "
labyrinthodont plicidentine". This type of
tooth structure has
evolved independently...
- were
described at
various times as batrachians,
stegocephalians and
labyrinthodonts,
although these names are now
rarely used.
Animals now
grouped in Temnospondyli...
-
biphyletic amphibia and used the name
Anthracosauria to
describe the "
labyrinthodont"
lineage from
which amniotes evolved. In 1970, the
German paleontologist...
-
their eggs in water, and are
colloquially sometimes referred to as
labyrinthodonts or stegocephalians. The term "amphibians" can be ambiguous, however...
- Warren, A. A.; Hutchinson, M. N.; Hill,
Dorothy (1983-09-13). "The last
Labyrinthodont? A new
brachyopoid (Amphibia, Temnospondyli) from the
early Jur****ic...
- 9 ft) long. The
skull was low, with
dorsally placed eyes and
large labyrinthodont teeth. The
posterior margin of the
skull formed an
operculum covering...
-
inhabiting the coal
forests were
invertebrates (particularly insects), fish,
labyrinthodont amphibians, and
early reptiles.
Amphibians were widespread, but once...
