Labyrinthodontia

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos, “maze”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Labyrinthodontia

1. (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.

See also

• Anthracosauria
• Ichthyostegalia
• Temnospondyli