Cochleosauridae
Extinct family of temnospondyls
Cochleosauridae Temporal range: 310–252 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Cochleosaurus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Superfamily: | †Edopoidea |
Family: | †Cochleosauridae Broili, 1923 |
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Cochleosauridae is a family of edopoid temnospondyl amphibians, among the most basal of temnospondyls. Most members of this family are known from the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and early Permian (Cisuralian) of Europe and North America, though Nigerpeton is known from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of Niger in North Africa.
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External links
- Cochleosauridae at The Paleobiology Database.
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- See also: Batrachomorpha
- Eutemnospondyli
- Rhachitomi
- Euskelia
- Eryopiformes
- Eryopoidea
- Limnarchia
- Archegosauroidea
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