- Gr**** τέμνειν,
temnein 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος,
spondylos 'vertebra') or
temnospondyls is a
diverse ancient order of
small to
giant tetrapods—often considered...
- In the
temnospondyl hypothesis (TH),
lissamphibians are most
closely related to
dissorophoid temnospondyls,
which would make
temnospondyls tetrapods...
-
Koolasuchus is an
extinct genus of
brachyopoid temnospondyl in the
family Chigutisauridae.
Fossils have been
found from Victoria,
Australia and date back...
- contentious. The most po****r
hypothesis is that they
likely originated from
temnospondyls, the most
diverse group of
prehistoric amphibians,
during the Permian...
-
Little People, -han as a
possessive affix) is a
genus of
stereospondyl temnospondyl from the Late Tri****ic Jelm
Formation of Wyoming. It is
represented by...
- The
Stereospondyli are a
group of
extinct temnospondyl amphibians that
existed primarily during the
Mesozoic period. They are
known from all
seven continents...
- salamanders. A
temnospondyl's fore-foot had only four toes, and the hind-foot five,
similar to the
pattern seen in
modern amphibians.
Temnospondyls had a conservative...
- the most
likely explanation why this
therapsid cynodont Thrinaxodon liorhinus shared its
burrow with a
temnospondyl amphibian,
Broomistega putterilli....
-
lived in
specialized ecological niches not
taken by the more
numerous temnospondyl amphibians that
coexisted with them in the Paleozoic.
Lepospondyli was...
-
radiate during the Jur****ic.
Amphibians were
primarily represented by the
temnospondyls,
giant aquatic predators that had
survived the end-Permian extinction...
