Proterogyrinidae
Appearance
Proterogyrinidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
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Proterogyrinus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Order: | †Embolomeri |
Family: | †Proterogyrinidae Romer, 1970 |
Genera | |
Proterogyrinidae is an extinct family of tetrapods within the group Embolomeri that lived in the Carboniferous period. The most well-known genus is Proterogyrinus.[1]
References
- ^ Holmes, R. (1984) The Carboniferous amphibian Proterogyrinus scheelei Romer, and the early evolution of tetrapods. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B306 431–527.