Lapillopsidae
Extinct family of temnospondyls / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lapillopsidae is an extinct family of temnospondyls.
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Lapillopsidae | |
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Restoration of Lapillopsis nana | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Suborder: | †Stereospondyli |
Family: | †Lapillopsidae |
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Lapillopsis was found as the sister to Rotaurisaurus in a 1999 analysis that found the Lapillopsidae as basal stereospondyls.[1] Lapillopsis was found as a sister to Dissorophoidea by a 2017 analysis.[2] Another relative of Lapillopsis, Manubrantlia was described from the Early Triassic of India,[3] and Rhigerpeton was found in Antarctica.[4]