Gephyrostegidae is an extinct family of reptiliomorph tetrapods from the Late Carboniferous including the genera Gephyrostegus, Bruktererpeton, and Eusauropleura. Gephyrostegus is from the Czech Republic, Brukterepeton is from Germany, and Eusauropleura is from the eastern United States.[1]
| Gephyrostegidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
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| Life restoration of Gephyrostegus bohemicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Gephyrostegida |
| Family: | †Gephyrostegidae Jaeckel, 1909 |
References
edit- ^ Marcello Ruta, Michael I. Coates and Donald L. J. Quicke (2003). "Early tetrapod relationships revisited" (PDF). Biological Reviews. 78 (2): 251–345. doi:10.1017/S1464793102006103. PMID 12803423. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
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