stegocephalian
English edit
Etymology edit
Stegocephalia + -an
Noun edit
stegocephalian (plural stegocephalians)
- (zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.
- 2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61:
- Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.