Associations to the word «Stegocephalia»

Noun

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Wiktionary

STEGOCEPHALIA, proper noun. (obsolete) A taxonomic order for all extinct large salamander-like amphibians.
STEGOCEPHALIA, proper noun. A clade containing all vertebrates with toes rather than fins, as well as a few of the most closely related lobe-finned fish.

Dictionary definition

STEGOCEPHALIA, noun. In former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia.

Wise words

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