Batrachosauria Temporal range: Carboniferous - Recent (includes amniotes) |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Anthracosauria |
Clade: | Batrachosauria |
Groups | |
Seymouriamorpha |
Seymouriamorpha
Cotylosauria
Solenodonsaurus
Westlothiana lizziae
Diadectomorpha
Amniota
Batrachosauria ("Frog Saurians") is a name given either to very reptile-like amphibians dating from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, or to amniotes and those amphibians very closely related to them. In current cladistic schemes, Batrachosauria is the sister clade to the Anthracosauroidea
From the Palaeos website: