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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.
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 ...
T. Tuditanidae. Categories: Prehistoric tetrapods of North America. Amphibians of North America. Prehistoric amphibians by continent.
This is a checklist of amphibians found in Northern America, based mainly on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. [1] [2] [3] The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also for example in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site. [4]
List of amphibians of Saint Kitts and Nevis. List of amphibians of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. List of amphibians of Saint Lucia. List of amphibians of Sint Maarten. List of amphibians of Sint Eustatius. List of amphibians of Montserrat. List of amphibians of Martinique. List of amphibians of Guadeloupe.
Dissorophus (DI-soh-ROH-fus) (meaning "double roof" for two layers of armor) is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian that lived during the Early Permian Period about 273 million years ago. Its fossils have been found in Texas [1] and in Oklahoma [2] in North America. Its heavy armor and robust build indicate Dissorophus was active on land ...
Piceoerpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric amphibian, containing species known from the latest Cretaceous (late Maastrichtian ), Paleocene and Eocene of North America. [1] It is one of the largest known salamanders at 1.8 metres, and would have approached the cryptobranchid Andrias in size. However, Piceoerpeton is unrelated to the ...
Platyhystrix (from Greek: πλατύς platús, 'flat' and Greek: ῠ̔́στρῐξ hústrix, 'porcupine') is an extinct temnospondyl amphibian with a distinctive sail along its back, similar to the unrelated synapsids, Dimetrodon and Edaphosaurus. It lived during the boundary between the latest Carboniferous and earliest Permian periods ...