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Encyclopedia > Captorhinidae
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Captorhinidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordate
Class: Sauropsida
(unranked) Eureptilia
Family: Captorhinidae
Case, 1911
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Captorhinidae (also known as cotylosaurs, or 'stem reptiles') were the earliest and most primitive reptiles. They are a clade of small lizard-like reptiles that date from the late Carboniferous through the Permian. Their skulls were much stronger than their ancestors, the PROTOROTHYRIDIDAE and had teeth that was better able to deal with tough plant material. Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms (as opposed to folk taxonomy). ... Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera (sponges) Subregnum Agnotozoa Placozoa (trichoplax) Orthonectida (orthonectids) Rhombozoa (dicyemids) Subregnum Eumetazoa Radiata (unranked) (radial symmetry) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anemones) Bilateria (unranked) (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (parasitic to flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Superclasses Anapsida Eurapsida Diapsida Reptilia was an old kingdom or phylum classification that has since been divided into 4 classes. ... Groups Captorhinidae Romeriida Protorothyrididae Diapsida Eureptilia is one of the two major clades of the Sauropsida, the other being Anaspida or Parareptilia. ...


Cladogram

 REPTILOMORPHA |--SYNAPSIDA `--+--ANAPSIDA | Eureptilia |--Captorhinidae | `--Concordia | `--Romeria | `--Rhiodenticulatus | `--Protocaptorhinus | `--Saurorictus | `--Captorhinus | `--Labidosaurus | `--Moradisaurinae `--+--Protorothyrididae 

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