Recumbirostra
| Recumbirostra Temporal range: Late Carboniferous - Early Permian |
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| Life restoration of the recumbirostran Micraroter erythrogeios | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subclass: | †Lepospondyli |
| Order: | †"Microsauria" |
| Suborder: | †Tuditanomorpha |
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†Recumbirostra Anderson, 2007 |
Recumbirostra is a clade of lepospondyl amphibians from the Carboniferous and Permian that includes the families Pantylidae, Gymnarthridae, Ostodolepidae, Goniorhynchidae, Brachystelechidae, and Microbrachidae. Recumbirostra was erected as a clade in 2007. It includes many lepospondyls traditionally grouped in "Microsauria", which has since been shown to be a paraphyletic grouping. Not all phylogenetic analyses recognize Recumbirostra as a valid grouping. An alternative clade called Tuditanomorpha is occasionally supported and includes many of the same taxa. Below is a cladogram showing the phylogenetic relationships of recumbirostrans from Glienke (2012):
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