Batrachosauria

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o Tetrapoda crown group
`--o REPTILIOMORPHA 
   |--Embolomeri (=Anthracosauria)
   |?--Chroniosuchia
   `--o?--Gephyrostegidae
      `--+--Seymouriamorpha
         `--+--Westlothiana lizziae
            `--o--Diadectomorpha
               `--+--Casineria kiddi
                  `--o Amniota
                     |--Sauropsida
                     `--Synapsida

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] Characters

• Intercentrum reduced
• large canine-like maxillary tooth

[edit] Links

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• Untitled Document
• Abstracts for PaleoBios 16(4)

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