Captorhinidae

Captorhinids
Temporal range: Pennsylvanian - Lopingian 300–252 Ma
Fossil Captorhinus specimens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Eureptilia
Family: Captorhinidae
Case, 1911
Type species
Captorhinus aguti
Genera

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Synonyms

Romeriidae Price, 1937

Captorhinidae is an extinct family of tetrapods, typically considered primitive reptiles, known from the late Carboniferous to the Late Permian. They had a cosmopolitan distribution across Pangea.