Actinodontidae
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Phylum:Chordata
Order:†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:†Archegosauroidea
Family:†Actinodontidae
Lydekker, 1885
Lydekker, 1885
| Actinodontidae Temporal range: Early Permian-Late Permian | |
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| Image of Actinodon frossardi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Archegosauroidea |
| Family: | †Actinodontidae Lydekker, 1885 |
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Actinodontidae is an extinct family of temnospondyls that lived during the Permian period. The family is a sister taxon to Archegosauridae, under the superfamily Archegosauroidea[1].Though air-breathing via lungs, they would have been more physiologically similar to fishes than present amphibians or tetrapods; living primarily in brackish or freshwater environments.[2]
