Eutemnospondyli
Skeleton of Cacops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Clade: Eutemnospondyli
Schoch, 2013
Genera

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Eutemnospondyli (meaning "true Temnospondyli") is a clade of temnospondyl amphibians that includes most temnospondyls except edopoids. Eutemnospondyli was named by German paleontologist Rainer R. Schoch in 2013. He defined it as a stem-based taxon including all temnospondyls more closely related to Stereospondyli than to Edopoidea. In his phylogenetic analysis, Eutemnospondyli included dendrerpetontids and a clade he referred to as Rhachitomi. Rhachitomi is defined to include four major and well-supported clades of temnospondyls: Dvinosauria, Eryopidae, Stereospondyli and a clade formed by Zatracheidae and Dissorophoidea. Below is a cladogram from Schoch's analysis:[1]

Temnospondyli

Edopoidea

Eutemnospondyli

"Dendrerpetontidae"

Rhachitomi

Dvinosauria

Zatracheidae

Dissorophoidea

Eryopiformes

Eryopidae

Stereospondylomorpha

Sclerocephalus

Glanochthon

Archegosaurus

Australerpeton

Stereospondyli

Rhinesuchidae

Lydekkerina

Capitosauria

Trematosauria

References

  1. Schoch, R. R. (2013). "The evolution of major temnospondyl clades: An inclusive phylogenetic analysis". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 11: 673–705. doi:10.1080/14772019.2012.699006.


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