Ophiderpetontidae

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Ophiderpetonidae
Fossil range: Late Carboniferous
Ophiderpeton.
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: Aïstopoda
Family: Ophiderpetontidae
genus

Ophiderpeton

Ophiderpetontidae is an extinct family of lepospondyl amphibians from the Carboniferous period.

aïstopodids, Ophiderpetonidea lacked any trace of limbs and resembled modern snakes.