Diplocaulidae
| Diplocaulidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous - Late Permian | |
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| Life restoration of Diplocaulus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subclass: | †Lepospondyli |
| Order: | †Nectridea |
| Family: | †Diplocaulidae Cope, 1881 |
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Diplocaulidae ("horned crawlers") is an extinct family of lepospondyl amphibians that arose during the Late Carboniferous and died out in the Late Permian.[1]
Diploceraspis burkei
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram modified from Germain (2010):[1]
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References
- 1 2 Germain, D. (2010). "The Moroccan diplocaulid: the last lepospondyl, the single one on Gondwana". Historical Biology. 22 (1–3): 4–39. doi:10.1080/08912961003779678.
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