stegocephalia

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noun in former classifications a division of class Amphibia comprising all pre-Jurassic and some later extinct large salamandriform amphibia

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Springing, I hazard, from the stegocephalia, the ancestor of the frogs, these batrachians followed a different line of evolution and acquired the upright position just as man did his from the four-footed folk.

The Moon Pool 2004
Springing, I hazard, from the stegocephalia, the ancestor of the frogs, these batrachians followed a different line of evo-lution and acquired the upright position just as man did his from the four-footed folk.

The Moon Pool 1919
Springing, I hazard, from the stegocephalia, the ancestor of the frogs, these batrachians followed a different line of evolution and acquired the upright position just as man did his from the four-footed folk.

The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913