Biology:Latiscopidae

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Short description: Extinct family of amphibians

Latiscopidae
Temporal range: Mesozoic
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Superfamily: Metoposauroidea
Family: Latiscopidae

Latiscopidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic Era amphibian Temnospondyli. It was first described in 1940 based on a fossil skull found in Texas.[1]

References

  1. Wilson, John Andrew (1948). "A Small Amphibian from the Triassic of Howard County, Texas". Journal of Paleontology 22 (3): 359–361. ISSN 0022-3360. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1299405. Retrieved 4 December 2022. 

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