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Lepospondyli
Taxonomy
Lepospondyli was named by von Zittel (1887). It was considered paraphyletic by Laurin et al. (2000).
It was reranked as the subclass Lepospondyli by Daly (1973) and Carroll (1988); it was reranked as the unranked clade Lepospondyli by Gardiner (1982) and Laurin et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Stegocephali by von Zittel (1887); to Amphibia by Moodie (1916), Daly (1973) and Carroll (1988); and to Amphibia by Gardiner (1982) and Laurin et al. (2000).
It was reranked as the subclass Lepospondyli by Daly (1973) and Carroll (1988); it was reranked as the unranked clade Lepospondyli by Gardiner (1982) and Laurin et al. (2000).
It was assigned to Stegocephali by von Zittel (1887); to Amphibia by Moodie (1916), Daly (1973) and Carroll (1988); and to Amphibia by Gardiner (1982) and Laurin et al. (2000).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1887 | Lepospondyli von Zittel pp. 369, 370 |
| 1916 | Lepospondylia Moodie p. 47 |
| 1973 | Lepospondyli Daly p. 570 |
| 1982 | Lepospondyli Gardiner |
| 1988 | Lepospondyli Carroll |
| 2000 | Lepospondyli Laurin et al. p. 120 fig. 2b |
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