Latiscopidae

Extinct family of temnospondyls

Latiscopidae
Temporal range: Mesozoic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Superfamily: Metoposauroidea
Family: Latiscopidae

Latiscopidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic Era temnospondyls. It was first described in 1940 based on a fossil skull found in Texas.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wilson, John Andrew (1948). "A Small Amphibian from the Triassic of Howard County, Texas". Journal of Paleontology. 22 (3): 359–361. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1299405. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
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Stereospondyli
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
  • Order: Temnospondyli
Tetrapodomorpha
    • see Tetrapodomorpha
Temnospondyli
    • see Temnospondyli
Stereospondyli
    • see below↓
Stereospondyli
Stereospondyli
Lapillopsidae
Rhinesuchidae
Lydekkerinidae
Capitosauria
Trematosauria
    • see below↓
Uranocentrodon senekalensis

Lydekkerina huxleyi

Paracyclotosaurus davidi
Benthosuchidae
Trematosauridae
Metoposauridae
Rhytidosteidae
Derwentiinae
Chigutisauridae
Brachyopidae
Plagiosauridae
Trematolestes hagdorni

Metoposaurus diagnosticus

Gerrothorax pulcherrimus
Taxon identifiers
Latiscopidae


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