Stegocephali
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Stegocephali is a clade of vertebrate animals containing all fully limbed tetrapodomorphs. It is equivalent to a broad definition of the superclass Tetrapoda: under this broad definition, the term "te
Typical 19th-century depiction of a primitive stegocephalian, based on modern anurans and fossils now recognised as belonging to mastodonsaurids and Bromsgroveia
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Elpistostegalia
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Elpistostegalia is a clade containing Panderichthys and all more derived tetrapodomorph taxa. The earliest elpistostegalians, combining fishlike and tetrapod-like characters, such as Tiktaalik, are so
Stegocephali
…top left): Litoria phyllochroa, Acanthostega gunnari, Vulpes vulpes, and Tyto alba Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Elpistostegalia Clade: Stegocephali Cope, 1868 Subgroups See text. Stegocephali (or Stegocephalia, from Ancient Greek: στεγοκεφαλια, lit. "roofed head") is a clade of…
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