Stegocephalia

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun[edit]

Stegocephalia

  1. (†Stegocephalia, archaic) A taxonomic order within the class Amphibia – all extinct large salamander-like amphibians, the Labyrinthodontia.
  2. A taxonomic clade within the clade Tetrapodomorpha – containing all vertebrates with toes rather than fins, as well as a few of the most closely related lobe-finned fish.

References[edit]

in Amphibia
in Tetrapodomorpha