Ventastega
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Ventastega is an extinct genus of stem tetrapod that lived during the Upper Fammenian of the Late Devonian, approximately 372.2 to 358.9 million years ago. Only one species is known that belongs in th
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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
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…Famennian (Late Devonian) An artist's depiction of Ventastega curonica chasing prey. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade: Stegocephali Genus: †Ventastega Ahlberg, P.E, Clack, J.A, Lukševičs, E., Zupiņš, I. 1994 Species †V. curonica Ventastega (Venta referring to the Venta River at the…
Typical 19th-century depiction of a primitive stegocephalian, based on modern anurans and fossils now recognised as belonging to mastodonsaurids and Bromsgroveia