Amphibamus
| Amphibamus Temporal range: late Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian) | |
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| Amphibamus grandiceps | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Temnospondyli |
| (unranked): | Euskelia |
| Superfamily: | Dissorophoidea |
| Family: | Amphibamidae |
| Genus: | Amphibamus Cope, 1865 |
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Amphibamus is a genus of amphibamid temnospondyl amphibian from the Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian) of Europe and North America.[2][3][4] This animal is considered to have been close to the ancestry of modern amphibians. Its length was about 20 cm.[5]
Gallery
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Amphibamus grandiceps skeleton.
References
- ↑ Cope, E. D., 1865, On Amphibamus grandiceps, a new Batrachian from the Coal Measures: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1865, p. 134-137.
- ↑ Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods by Jennifer A. Clack
- ↑ Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
- ↑ The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, Second Edition by Stephen Jay Gould
- ↑ Temnospondyli
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