Dvinosauria
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 Dvinosaurus primus
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Dvinosaurs are one of several new clades of Temnospondyl amphibians named in the phylogenetic review of the group by Yates and Warren 2000. They represent a group of primitive semi-aquatic to completely aquatic amphibians, and are known from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Triassic, being most common in the Permian period. Their distinguishing characteristics are a reduction of the otic notch; the loss of a flange on the rear side of the pterygoid; and 28 or more presacral vertebrae.
[edit] References
- Laurin, M. and Steyer, J-S (2000) Phylogeny and Apomorphies of Temnospondyls, The Tree of Life Web Project
- Yates, A. M., and Warren A. A., 2000, The phylogeny of the ‘higher’ temnospondyls (Vertebrata: Choanata) and its implications for the monophly and origins of the Stereospondyli: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 128, p. 77-121.
[edit] Links
- Temnospondyli: Limnarchia at Palaeos
- Dvinosauria at Mikko's Phylogeny Archive (cladogram based on Yates and Warren 2000)
- Suborder †Dvinosauria - Scientific Hierarchy at the Taxonomicon
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