Discosauriscidae is a family of
stegocephalia
Stegocephali (often spelled Stegocephalia) is a group containing all four-limbed vertebrates. It is equivalent to a broad definition of Tetrapoda: under this broad definition, the term "tetrapod" applies to any animal descended from the first ve ...
ns from the early
Permian. They belong to the
Seymouriamorpha, but their affinites to extant tetrapods are debated. They have long been considered
reptiliomorphs, but some recent analyses suggest that they are
stem-tetrapods.
References
Seymouriamorphs
Cisuralian first appearances
Cisuralian extinctions
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