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Diplocaulus (meaning "double stalk") is an extinct genus of lepospondyl amphibians which lived from the Late Carboniferous to the Late Permian of North America and Africa. Diplocaulus is by far the largest and best-known of the lepospondyls, characterized by a distinctive boomerang -shaped skull .
The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now considered invalid, doubtful (nomina dubia), or were not formally published (nomina nuda), as well as junior synonyms of more established names, and genera that are no longer considered amphibians. Modern forms are excluded from this list.
This list of amphibians of Florida includes species native to or documented in the U.S. state of Florida. [1] [2] Amphibians. Tongueless frogs African clawed ...
A living Apalone ferox, or Florida softshell turtle †Florida †Florida caerulea †Floridaceras †Floridachoerus †Floridatragulus; Fontigens – report made of unidentified related form or using admittedly obsolete nomenclature; Fossaria †Fossaria cubensis; Fossarus; Fragum; Fulgurofusus; Shell in multiple views of a Fulguropsis whelk ...
One of the coolest, most prehistoric-looking fish lives in Florida’s offshore waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It happens to be one of the best to eat but also one of the most elusive.
Florida has a very rich fossil record spanning from the Eocene to recent times. [1] Florida fossils are often very well preserved. [2] The oldest known fossils in Florida date back to the Eocene. At this time Florida was covered in a sea home to a variety of marine invertebrates and the primitive whales, such as Basilosaurus.
Paleontologists with the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History have discovered a previously unknown prehistoric species — a 270 million-year-old amphibian with wide eyes and a ...
"Labyrinthodontia" (Greek, 'maze-toothed') is an informal grouping of extinct predatory amphibians which were major components of ecosystems in the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras (about 390 to 150 million years ago).