Cochleosauridae

Extinct family of temnospondyls From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cochleosauridae is a family of edopoid temnospondyl amphibians, among the most basal of temnospondyls. Most members of this family are known from the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and early Permian (Cisuralian) of Europe and North America, though Nigerpeton is known from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of Niger in North Africa.

Phylum:Chordata
Clade:Tetrapoda
Order:Temnospondyli
Superfamily:Edopoidea
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Cochleosauridae
Temporal range: 310–252 Ma
Cochleosaurus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapoda
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Edopoidea
Family: Cochleosauridae
Broili, 1923
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