Oestocephalidae
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 310–302 Ma
Oestocephalus amphiuminus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Sarcopterygii
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Order: †Aistopoda
Family: †Oestocephalidae
Anderson, 2003
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Oestocephalidae is an extinct family of Late Carboniferous aistopod tetrapodomorphs. Fossils have been found from Ohio, Illinois, and Colorado in the United States; England; and the Czech Republic. It includes the genera Coloraderpeton and Oestocephalus. Oestocephalids have robust skulls and narrow, rounded snouts. They possess heavily ossified gastralia and dorsal osteoderms. Like other aïstopods, oestocephalids were elongate, having approximately 110 vertebrae. Oestocephalidae was named in 2003, with the type species being Oestocephalus amphiuminus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Anderson, J. S. (2003). "Cranial anatomy of Coloraderpeton brilli, postcranial anatomy of Oestocephalus amphiuminus, and reconsideration of Ophiderpetontidae (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli: Aistopoda)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 23 (3): 532–543. Bibcode:2003JVPal..23..532A. doi:10.1671/1752. S2CID 86146088.


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