Batrachosauria
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| Batrachosauria Temporal range: Carboniferous - Recent (includes amniotes) |
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Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| clade: | Anthracosauria |
| clade: | Batrachosauria |
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Seymouriamorpha |
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Batrachosauria ("Frog Saurians") is a name given either to very reptile-like amphibians dating from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, or to amniotes and those amphibians very closely related to them. In current cladistic schems, Batrachosauria is the sister clade to the Anthracosauroidea
[edit] Characteristics
From the Palaeos website:
- Intercentrum reduced
- large canine-like maxillary tooth
[edit] See also
[edit] Reference / External link
- Palaeos Batrachosauria
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