-
Lepospondyli is a
diverse taxon of
early tetrapods. With the
exception of one late-surviving
lepospondyl from the Late
Permian of
Morocco (Diplocaulus...
- Testudinata.
Michael Benton (2000, 2004) made it the sister-clade to
Lepospondyli,
containing "anthracosaurs" (in the
strict sense, i.e. Embolomeri), seymouriamorphs...
-
Lepospondyli as
close relatives or even
derived from reptile-like amphibians. One
problem with this
position is the
question of
whether Lepospondyli actually...
- was
divided into
three subclasses, two of
which are extinct:
Subclass Lepospondyli† (A
potentially polyphyletic Late
Paleozoic group of
small forms, likely...
- they
include the
extinct Temnospondyli; some show that they
include the
Lepospondyli instead. The name
traditionally indicated a more
limited group. The first...
- Dolichopareias.
Adelospondyls are
traditionally placed within the
group Lepospondyli due to
their fused vertebrae (although
Acherontiscus is an exception...
-
excludes all the main
groups of
Paleozoic tetrapods, such as Temnospondyli,
Lepospondyli, Embolomeri, and Seymouriamorpha. Most
scientists have
concluded that...
- tetrapods") were the
predominant tetrapods, and
included the Temnospondyli,
Lepospondyli, and Anthracosauria. The
first amniotes appeared during the
middle Carboniferous...
-
Lepospondyli ...
-
accompanied by an ****emblage of
smaller amphibians included under the
Lepospondyli,
often only
about 15 cm (6 in) long. Some
Carboniferous amphibians were...
