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Definition of Order Stegocephalia
1. Noun. In former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Amphibia, Class Amphibia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Stegocephalia
Literary usage of Order Stegocephalia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Order Microsauria by Robert Lynn Carroll, Pamela Gaskill (1978)
"It was placed within the order Stegocephalia. Williston's subsequent identification
of Tuditanus (1908) as a reptile proved to be one of the most serious ..."
2. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"In the order Stegocephalia they tried to adapt themselves to a life upon dry
ground but were not very successful. Derivation of name. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... within the general amphibian order Stegocephalia. This suborder contains highly
developed and mostly large forms, characterized by the complication in ..."
4. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1914)
"The Carboniferous Amphibia all belong to the extinct order Stegocephalia. in which
the skull is well covered with a roof of sculptured bones, and which are ..."
5. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1903)
"The earliest known amphibia appeared in Carboniferous times, and, so far as known,
all belonged to the order Stegocephalia ..."
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