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Batrachosauria

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Batrachosauria
Temporal range: Carboniferous - Recent (includes amniotes)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: Anthracosauria
Clade: Batrachosauria
Groups

Seymouriamorpha
Cotylosauria
Solenodonsaurus
Westlothiana lizziae
Diadectomorpha
Amniota

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 schemes, Batrachosauria is the sister clade to the Anthracosauroidea

Characteristics

From the Palaeos website:

See also