Batrachosauria

Batrachosauria Temporal range: Carboniferous - Recent (includes amniotes) PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Order:	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.[1] In current cladistic schemes, Batrachosauria is the sister clade to the Anthracosauroidea

Characteristics

From the Palaeos website:

• Intercentrum reduced
• large canine-like maxillary tooth

See also

• Reptiliomorpha

References

1. Sumida, Stuart; Martin, Karen L. M. (1997-01-08). Amniote Origins: Completing the Transition to Land. Elsevier. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-08-052709-3.

External links

• Palaeos Batrachosauria