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Pantylidae

Pantylidae is an extinct family of tetrapods of the group Recumbirostra. It also often considered a sister-group to the family Tuditanidae. The family contains two genera Pantylus and Stegotretus, while a third, Sparodus, is sometimes placed here as well.

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Pantylidae
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Pantylus cordatus skull fossil
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Recumbirostra
Family: Pantylidae
Case, 1911
Genera

Pantylidae is an extinct family of tetrapods of the group Recumbirostra.1 It also often considered a sister-group to the family Tuditanidae.2 The family contains two genera Pantylus and Stegotretus, while a third, Sparodus, is sometimes placed here as well.3

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  1. J. S. Anderson (2007). "Incorporating ontogeny into the matrix: A phylogenetic evaluation of developmental evidence for the origin of modern Amphibians. In J. S. Anderson, H.-D. Sues (eds.)". Major Transitions in Vertebrate Evolution: 182–227.
  2. Marjanović, D.; Laurin, M. (2019). "Phylogeny of Paleozoic limbed vertebrates reassessed through revision and expansion of the largest published relevant data matrix". PeerJ. 6 (e5565).
  3. Marjanović, D.; Laurin, M. (2008). "A reevaluation of the evidence supporting an unorthodox hypothesis on the origin of extant amphibians". Contributions to Zoology. 77 (3): 149–199.