Colosteidae

Colosteidae
Temporal range: Middle Carboniferous
Life restoration of Greererpeton burkemorani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Tetrapodomorpha
Clade: Stegocephalia
Family: Colosteidae
Cope, 1875
Genera

The Colosteidae are a family of tetrapod-like vertebrates that lived in the Carboniferous period.[1]

Relationships

The analysis below was conducted by Swartz in 2012, showing the relationship of colosteids with other stem-tetrapods.[2]

Elpistostegalia

Panderichthys


Stegocephalia


Tiktaalik



Elpistostege





Elginerpeton




Ventastega




Acanthostega




Ichthyostega




Whatcheeriidae




Colosteidae




Crassigyrinus




Baphetidae



Crown group Tetrapoda












References

  1. John R. Bolt and R. Eric Lombard (2010). "Deltaherpeton hiemstrae, a New Colosteid Tetrapod from the Mississippian of Iowa". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (6): 1135–1151. doi:10.1666/10-020.1.
  2. Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLoS ONE. 7 (3): e33683. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMC 3308997Freely accessible. PMID 22448265.
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