Colosteidae
|  Colosteidae Temporal range: Middle Carboniferous  | |
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| Life restoration of Greererpeton burkemorani | |
|  Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha | 
| Clade: | Stegocephalia | 
| Family: |  †Colosteidae Cope, 1875  | 
| Genera | |
The Colosteidae are a family of tetrapod-like vertebrates that lived in the Carboniferous period.[1]
Relationships
The analysis below was conducted by Swartz in 2012, showing the relationship of colosteids with other stem-tetrapods.[2]
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References
- ↑ John R. Bolt and R. Eric Lombard (2010). "Deltaherpeton hiemstrae, a New Colosteid Tetrapod from the Mississippian of Iowa". Journal of Paleontology. 84 (6): 1135–1151. doi:10.1666/10-020.1.
 - ↑  Swartz, B. (2012). "A marine stem-tetrapod from the Devonian of Western North America". PLoS ONE. 7 (3): e33683. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033683. PMC 3308997
. PMID 22448265. 
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