Discosauriscidae Temporal range: Early Permian |
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Fossil of Discosauriscus austriacum in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Seymouriamorpha |
Family: |
†Discosauriscidae Haubold 1971 |
Genera | |
Discosauriscidae is a family of stegocephalians from the early Permian. They belong to the Seymouriamorpha, but their affinites to extant tetrapods are debated. They have long been considered reptiliomorphs, but some recent analyses suggest that they are stem-tetrapods.