Stegocephalia

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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

in Amphibia

• “Stegocephalia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “Stegocephalia”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• †Stegocephali at Paleobiology Database

in Tetrapodomorpha

• Stegocephalia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tetrapodomorpha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Stegocephalia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons