Labyrinthodontia
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “maze”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + -ia.
Proper noun[edit]
Labyrinthodontia
- (informal, paleontology) A taxonomic subclass within the class Amphibia – extinct amphibians rather like crocodiles, supposedly ancestral to all terrestrial vertebrates; the group is now considered polyphyletic.