- (pentadactyly),
rather than fins of
their sarcopterygian relatives.
Stegocephalians include both the
modern lineage of
limbed vertebrates (the
crown group...
-
crown group tetrapods and
could more
accurately be
referred to as a
stegocephalian or stem tetrapod. Likewise,
while undoubtedly of
amphibian build and...
-
Elginerpeton is a
genus of
stegocephalian (stem-tetrapod), the
fossils of
which were
recovered from Scat Craig,
Morayshire in the UK, from
rocks dating...
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Pederpes ("Peter's Foot") is an
extinct genus of
early Carboniferous stegocephalian,
dating from 348 to 347.6 Ma in the
Tournaisian age (lower Mississippian)...
- and are
colloquially sometimes referred to as
labyrinthodonts or
stegocephalians. The term "amphibians" can be ambiguous, however. In
modern phylogeny...
-
Colosteidae is a
family of
stegocephalians (stem-group tetrapods) that
lived in the
Carboniferous period. They
possessed a
variety of characteristics...
-
Chroniosaurus is an
extinct genus of
chroniosuchid stegocephalian,
often considered a
reptiliomorph but
possibly a stem-tetrapod, from
upper Permian (upper...
-
Gephyrostegidae is an
extinct family of
stegocephalian tetrapodomorphs from the Late
Carboniferous including the
genera Gephyrostegus, Bruktererpeton,...
- of the head in
labyrinthodont stegocephalians and
primitive Reptilia with
special reference to Eotri****ic
stegocephalians from East Greenland". Meddelelser...
- tetrapods, as they all
branched out of the same
bottlenecked lineage of
stegocephalians that
survived the Late
Devonian extinction. The body plan of tetrapod...
