Cochleosauridae

Cochleosauridae; Temporal range:
	Cochleosaurus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	†Temnospondyli
Superfamily:	†Edopoidea
Family:	†Cochleosauridae; Broili, 1923
Genera
	†Adamanterpeton; †Chenoprosopus; †Cochleosaurus; †Macrerpeton; †Nigerpeton; †Gaudrya; †Procochleosaurus;

Cochleosauridae is a family of edopoid temnospondyl amphibians, among the most basal of temnospondyls. Most members of this family are known from the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and early Permian (Cisuralian) of Europe and North America, though Nigerpeton is known from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of Niger in North Africa.

Gallery

Cochleosaurus, of the late Carboniferous of central Europe and Nova Scotia
Chenoprosopus milleri, of the late Carboniferous and early Permian of New Mexico
Nigerpeton ricqlesi, of the late Permian of Niger
Saharastega moradiensis, a possible cochleosaurid of the late Permian of Niger

External links

Cochleosauridae at The Paleobiology Database.

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