- Gr**** τέμνειν,
temnein 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος,
spondylos 'vertebra') or
temnospondyls is a
diverse ancient order of
small to
giant tetrapods—often considered...
-
Koolasuchus is an
extinct genus of
brachyopoid temnospondyl in the
family Chigutisauridae.
Fossils have been
found from Victoria,
Australia and date back...
- In the
temnospondyl hypothesis (TH),
lissamphibians are most
closely related to
dissorophoid temnospondyls,
which would make
temnospondyls tetrapods...
- contentious. The most po****r
hypothesis is that they
likely originated from
temnospondyls, the most
diverse group of
prehistoric amphibians,
during the Permian...
- its
skull was in
front of its eyes) is a
genus of extinct,
amphibious temnospondyls. It
contains the
single species Eryops megacephalus, the
fossils of...
-
Prionosuchus is an
extinct genus of
large temnospondyl. A
single species P. plummeri, is
recognized from the
Early Permian (some time
between 299 and 272...
- 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...
-
lineages must have
extended back into the
Early Tri****ic.
Tetrapods such as
temnospondyl amphibians,
diapsid reptiles, and
dicynodont therapsids were
common in...
-
lissamphibians first appeared about 330
million years ago and that the
temnospondyl-origin
hypothesis is more
credible than
other theories. The neobatrachians...
-
either descendants of
dissorophoid temnospondyls or
microsaurian "lepospondyls". If the
former (the "
temnospondyl hypothesis") is true, then Reptiliomorpha...
