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Definition of Labyrinthodonta

Labyrinthodonta
Labyrinthodonta Lab`y*rin`tho*don"ta, n. pl. [NL. See Labyrinthodon.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Amphibia, including the typical genus Labyrinthodon, and many other allied forms, from the Carboniferous, Permian, and Triassic formations. By recent writers they are divided into two or more orders. See Stegocephala.
Labyrinthodonta
Stegocephala Steg`o*ceph"a*la, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? roof + ? head.] (Paleon.) An extinct order of amphibians found fossil in the Mesozoic rocks; called also Stegocephali, and Labyrinthodonta. Note: Their teeth, in transverse sections, usually show a labyrinthiform arrangement of the cement and dentine. The under side of the body was covered with bony plates. Some of the Stegocephala were of very large size, and the form of the body varied from short, stout forms to others that were as slender as serpents.

Meaning of Labyrinthodonta from wikipedia

- temnospondyls were placed in the suborder Labyrinthodonta. The American paleontologist Ermine Cowles Case called it Labyrinthodonta vera or "true labyrinthodonts"...
- in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV. Containing the orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, and Labyrinthodonta, and Supplement, p. 1-295....
- History). Part IV. Containing the orders Anomodontia, Ecaudata, Caudata, Labyrinthodonta; and supplement. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 273. Knutsen...
- 1970). "Mauchunkia b****a, gen. et sp. nov., an anthracosaur (Amphibia, Labyrinthodonta) from the Upper Mississippian". Kirtlandia. 12: 1–38. Sundberg, Frederick...