Batrachosauria

Batrachosauria
Temporal range: Carboniferous - Recent (includes amniotes)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Anthracosauria
Clade: Batrachosauria
Groups

Seymouriamorpha
Cotylosauria
Solenodonsaurus
Westlothiana lizziae
Diadectomorpha
Amniota

Batrachosauria ("Frog Saurians") is a name given either to very reptile-like amphibians dating from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, or to amniotes and those amphibians very closely related to them. In current cladistic schemes, Batrachosauria is the sister clade to the Anthracosauroidea

Characteristics

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See also

Reference / External link

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