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Cochleosauridae

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Cochleosauridae
Temporal range: 310–252 Ma
Cochleosaurus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Superfamily: Edopoidea
Family: Cochleosauridae
Broili, 1923
Genera

Cochleosauridae is a family of edopoid temnospondyl amphibians, among the most basal of temnospondyls. Most members of this family are known from the late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) and early Permian (Cisuralian) of Europe and North America, though Nigerpeton is known from the Late Permian (Lopingian) of Niger in North Africa.

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