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This list of prehistoric amphibians is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be ...
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 .
Other Megalocephalus fossils found in the 1860s had been referred to other large amphibians, namely Pteroplax and Anthracosaurus. Two well-preserved skulls and associated jaw bones were found in Newsham in 1870 and 1871, though these were also mistakenly referred to a pre-existing genus, Loxomma. In 1873, Thomas P. Barkas named a pair of new ...
Swallowing was done by tipping the head back, as seen in many modern amphibians and in crocodiles. Evolution of a deeper skull, better jaw control and a reduction of the palatine tusks is only seen in the more advanced reptile-like forms, possibly in connection with the evolution of more effective breathing, allowing for a more refined hunting ...
Platyrhinops is an extinct genus amphibamid temnospondyl from the Late Carboniferous (late Westphalian stage) of Ohio and the Czech Republic.It is known from many partial skeletons from the Linton site in Saline Township, Ohio [1] [2] and at least 6 partial specimens from the Nýřany site from the Nýřany Member of the Kladno Formation in the Czech Republic.
The discovery of the new amphibian species could provide some answers to how frogs and salamanders evolved to get their special characteristics today, the authors wrote in the paper.
Prehistoric amphibian genera (139 P) A. Albanerpetontidae (8 P) C. Cenozoic amphibians (8 C, 1 P) M. Mesozoic amphibians (12 C, 2 P) P. Paleozoic amphibians (8 C, 2 P)
Permian amphibians of North America (2 C, 7 P) This page was last edited on 6 November 2021, at 22:16 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...