Proterogyrinidae
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The Proterogyrinidae was a family of Embolomeri
that lived in the Carboniferous
period. Typical genus was Proterogyrinus
.
Embolomeri
The Embolomeri is a suborder of Reptiliomorpha. The Embolomeri first evolved from reptile-like amphibians in the Early Carboniferous...
that lived in the Carboniferous
Carboniferous
The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that extends from the end of the Devonian Period, about 359.2 ± 2.5 Mya , to the beginning of the Permian Period, about 299.0 ± 0.8 Mya . The name is derived from the Latin word for coal, carbo. Carboniferous means "coal-bearing"...
period. Typical genus was Proterogyrinus
Proterogyrinus
Proterogyrinus was an anthracosaur, a large group of reptilian reptiliomorphs. It is likely that the first reptiles, such as Petrolacosaurus, evolved from reptilomorphs...
.