stegocephalian

English

Etymology

From Stegocephalia +‎ -an.

Noun

stegocephalian (plural stegocephalians)

  1. (zoology) Any amphibian of the clade Stegocephalia.
    • 2012, Sebastien Steyer, Earth Before the Dinosaurs, page 61:
      Batrachomorphs comprise the stegocephalians more closely related to lissamphibians than are other stegocephalians, as well as the lissamphibians themselves.

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