Oestocephalidae

Oestocephalidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous, 310–302 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Oestocephalus amphiuminus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Subclass:	Lepospondyli
Order:	Aïstopoda
Family:	Oestocephalidae Vaughn, 1969
Genera
Coloraderpeton Oestocephalus

Oestocephalidae is an extinct family of Late Carboniferous aïstopod lepospondyls. Fossils have been found from Ohio, Illinois, and Colorado in the United States; England; and the Czech Republic. It includes the genera Coloraderpeton and Oestocephalus. Oestocephalids have robust skulls and narrow, rounded snouts. They possess heavily ossified gastralia and dorsal osteoderms. Like other aïstopods, oestocephalids were elongate, having approximately 110 vertebrae. Oestocephalidae was named in 2003, with the type species being Oestocephalus amphiuminus.^[1]

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References

1. ^ Anderson, J. S. (2003). "Cranial anatomy of Coloraderpeton brilli, postcranial anatomy of Oestocephalus amphiuminus, and reconsideration of Ophiderpetontidae (Tetrapoda: Lepospondyli: Aistopoda)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 23 (3): 532–543. doi:10.1671/1752.