Oestocephalus Cope 1868 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Aistopoda - Oestocephalidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia of North America. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1868:208-221

Parent taxon: Oestocephalidae according to J. S. Anderson 2003

See also Carroll et al. 1998, Cope 1869, Cope 1875, Hay 1902, Maddin et al. 2012 and Milner 1994

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Oestocephalus amphiuminum Oestocephalus granulosum Oestocephalus nanum Oestocephalus pectinatus Oestocephalus rectidens Oestocephalus vicinum

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Desmoinesian of United States (1: Ohio collection)

• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Ohio, Pennsylvania)

Total: 6 collections including 8 occurrences

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