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Diploceraspis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Species
  
D. burkei

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Lepospondyli

Family
  
Keraterpetontidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Nectridea

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Similar
  
Nectridea, Keraterpeton, Diceratosaurus, Pelodosotis, Urocordylus

Diploceraspis was a lepospondyl amphibian. It lived in Ohio and West Virginia during the Permian period. It closely resembles its relative, Diplocaulus. It generally sports the same features as Diplocaulus, though it was smaller, measuring over 46 cm. Beerbower originally recognised two species, D.burkei and D.conemaughensis, but they are no longer regarded as being distinct as their size ranges were found to overlap, leaving D.burkei as the only known species.

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Diploceraspis Wikipedia