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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.
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.
Prehistoric amphibian stubs (135 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric amphibians" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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 ...
Temnospondyli (from Greek τέμνειν, temnein 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος, spondylos 'vertebra') or temnospondyls is a diverse ancient order of small to giant tetrapods—often considered primitive amphibians—that flourished worldwide during the Carboniferous, Permian and Triassic periods, with fossils being found on every continent.
About 280 million years ago, a large creature built somewhat like a salamander but with frightful fangs prowled the swamps and lakes of what is now Namibia, ambushing prey as a top predator in a ...
List of prehistoric brittle stars; List of prehistoric bryozoan genera; List of prehistoric chitons; List of prehistoric foraminifera genera; List of ichthyosaur genera; List of marine gastropod genera in the fossil record; List of plesiosaur genera; List of prehistoric malacostracans; List of prehistoric medusozoan genera; List of prehistoric ...
Size estimation of Beelzebufo. In early studies, it is suggested that Beelzebufo had snout-vent lengths of up to 42.5 cm (16.7 in). [1] But in later studies, animals of this species estimated to have grown to at least 23.2 cm (9.1 in) (snout-vent length), which is around the size a modern African bullfrog can reach. [5]