Dissorophidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Middle Permian,
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Skeleton of Cacops in the Field Museum | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Temnospondyli |
Clade: | †Olsoniformes |
Family: | †Dissorophidae Boulenger, 1902 |
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Dissorophidae is an extinct family of medium-sized temnospondyls that flourished during the late Carboniferous and early Permian periods. The clade is known almost exclusively from North America.