Oestocephalidae
Appearance
Oestocephalidae | |
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Oestocephalus amphiuminus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
Order: | †Aistopoda |
Family: | †Oestocephalidae Anderson, 2003 |
Genera | |
Oestocephalidae is an extinct
genera Coloraderpeton and Oestocephalus. Oestocephalids have robust skulls and narrow, rounded snouts. They possess heavily ossified gastralia and dorsal osteoderms. Like other aïstopods, oestocephalids were elongate, having approximately 110 vertebrae. Oestocephalidae was named in 2003, with the type species being Oestocephalus amphiuminus.[1]
References
- S2CID 86146088.