Stegocephalia (Noun)
Meaning
In former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Stegocephalia is an archaic term used to describe a group of ancient amphibians in outdated taxonomic classifications.
- The fossils found in the geological formation were identified as belonging to the now-discredited group of Stegocephalia.
- In some older texts, Stegocephalia refers to a distinct division within the class Amphibia, which has since been reclassified.
- Early paleontologists believed that Stegocephalia represented a coherent group of large salamandriform amphibians that lived before the Jurassic period.
- The taxonomic concept of Stegocephalia is now considered outdated and has been largely abandoned in modern amphibian classification.