Temnospondyli

After Holmes, Carroll & Reisz, 1998 and Milner, 1994

<==o Temnospondyli after Holmes, Carroll & Reisz, 1998 and Milner, 1994
   |-- †Caerorhachis [Caerorhachidae]
   `--+--o †Edopoidea
      |  |-- †Edops [Edopidae]
      |  `--o †Cochleosauridae
      |     |-- †Chenoprosopus
      |     |-- †Cochleosaurus
      |     |-- †Gaudrya
      |     `-- †Macrerpeton
      `--+-- †Capetus
         `--+--o †Dendrerpetontidae
            |  |?- †Erpetocephalus
            |  |?- †Eugyrinus
            |  |?- †Balanerpeton woodi
            |  `-- †Dendrerpeton acadianum
            `--+-- †Trimerorhachoidea
               `--+-- “Eryopida” [incl. Salientia]
                  `--+--o ?†Rhinesuchidae
                     |  |-- †Laccocephalus
                     |  |-- †Muchocephalus
                     |  |-- †Rhineceps
                     |  |-- †Rhinesuchoides
                     |  |-- †Rhinesuchus
                     |  `-- †Uranocentrodon
                     `-- †Stereospondyli sensu Milner, 1994

Reference(s):

Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698
Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698.
Holmes, R. B., Carroll, R. L. & Reisz, R. R., 1998: The first articulated skeleton of Dendrerpeton acadianum (Temnospondyli: Dendrerpentonidae) from the Lower Pennsylvanian locality of Joggins, Nova Scotia, and a review of its relationships.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #1, pp. 64-79
Milner, A. R., 1994: Late Triassic and Jurassic amphibians: Fossil record and phylogeny. 5-23
in Fraser, N. C. & Sues, H-D. 1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs.
–Cambridge University Press, New York. 1994

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Temnospondyli – temnospondyls

After Holmes, Carroll & Reisz, 1998 and Milner, 1994

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