- amphibians") is a
group of
tetrapods that
includes all
modern amphibians.
Lissamphibians consist of
three living groups: the
Salientia (frogs and
their extinct...
- and
basal synapsids (predecessors of mammals). The
origin of
modern lissamphibians,
which first appeared during the
Early Tri****ic,
around 250 million...
- more
recent common ancestor with
amniotes than with
living amphibians (
lissamphibians). It was
defined by
Michel Laurin (2001) and
Vallin and
Laurin (2004)...
- branchiosaurids, and
hypothetically lissamphibians under the
traditional temnospondyl hypothesis of
lissamphibian origins.
These taxa are
typically small-bodied...
- idea that frogs, salamanders, and
caecilians (collectively
known as
lissamphibians) are each other's
closest relatives.
Frogs and
salamanders show many...
-
nematodes and diatoms. It is also
synthesised by at
least some fish and
lissamphibians. Commercially,
chitin is
extracted from the s**** of crabs, shrimps...
- (osteoderms) that
generally distinguish them from the
modern soft-bodied
lissamphibians (frogs and toads, newts,
salamanders and caecilians). Temnospondyls...
- of
Funcusvermis provides a
strong link
between caecilians and
other lissamphibians (frogs and salamanders), as well as
extinct dissorophoid temnospondyls...
- or
lissamphibians.
There are
currently three major hypotheses on the
origins of
lissamphibians. In the
temnospondyl hypothesis (TH),
lissamphibians are...
- to
emerge from fishapods). However,
there is no
evidence of
lissamphibians or
lissamphibian-like
animals in the
fossil record at this time. The tetrapod...
