Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ganocephala \Gan`o*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? brightness
   + ? head.] (Paleon.)
   A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts,
   having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in
   some ganoid fishes.