Colosteidae is a family of stegocephalians (stem-group tetrapods) that lived in the Carboniferous period. They possessed a variety of characteristics...

Stegocephalia Family †Elpistostegidae Family †Whatcheeriidae Family †Colosteidae Superfamily †Baphetoidea Superclass Tetrapoda Other clades include the...

lepospondyls, instead being close relatives or members of the family Colosteidae. This would indicate that they evolved prior to the split between the...

by Clack et al. 2016: †Elginerpetontidae †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae †Colosteidae †Adelospondyli †Baphetoidea †Embolomeri (a.k.a. Anthracosauria sensu...

Whatcheeriidae Family Crassigyrinidae Family Baphetidae (Loxommatidae) Family Colosteidae Family Caerorhachidae Class Amphibia Order Temnospondyli Family Dendrerpetontidae...

instead being stem-tetrapod stegocephalians closely related to the family Colosteidae. Most adelospondyls belong to the family Adelogyrinidae, and prior to...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

Colosteidae...

Colosteidae...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

5: Diadectidae 6: Nectridea 7: Aistopoda 8: Amniota 9: Baphetidae 10: Colosteidae 11: Gephyrostegidae 12: Casineria 13: Crassigyrinus 14: Whatcheeriidae...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

Caerorhachis? Capetus Casineria? Iberospondylus Palatinerpeton Baphetoidea? Colosteidae? Edopoidea Dendrerpetontidae Balanerpeton Dendrerpeton Dvinosauria Zatracheidae...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

Caerorhachis? Capetus Casineria? Iberospondylus Palatinerpeton Baphetoidea? Colosteidae? Edopoidea Dendrerpetontidae Balanerpeton Dendrerpeton Dvinosauria Zatracheidae...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

Colosteidae...

Colosteidae...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...

†Tantallognathus †Aistopoda †Whatcheeriidae Ossinodus? Pederpes Whatcheeria †Colosteidae Colosteus Deltaherpeton Greererpeton Pholidogaster †Adelospondyli †"Nectridea"...