Stegocephalia

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στέγος (stégos, “roof”) +‎ κεφᾰλή (kephălḗ, “head”).

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
in Tetrapodomorpha
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