- Gr**** τέμνειν,
temnein 'to cut' and σπόνδυλος,
spondylos 'vertebra') or
temnospondyls is a
diverse ancient order of
small to
giant tetrapods—often considered...
- contentious. The most po****r
hypothesis is that they
likely originated from
temnospondyls, the most
diverse group of
prehistoric amphibians,
during the Permian...
-
Koolasuchus is an
extinct genus of
brachyopoid temnospondyl in the
family Chigutisauridae.
Fossils have been
found from Victoria,
Australia and date back...
- 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...
- In the
temnospondyl hypothesis (TH),
lissamphibians are most
closely related to
dissorophoid temnospondyls,
which would make
temnospondyls tetrapods...
- The
Stereospondyli are a
group of
extinct temnospondyl amphibians that
existed primarily during the
Mesozoic period. They are
known from all
seven continents...
- is an
extinct genus of
temnospondyl amphibian from the
Middle Tri****ic of Europe. It
belongs to a Tri****ic
group of
temnospondyls called Capitosauria, characterized...
- 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...
-
lissamphibians first appeared about 330
million years ago and that the
temnospondyl-origin
hypothesis is more
credible than
other theories. The neobatrachians...
-
lineages must have
extended back into the
Early Tri****ic.
Tetrapods such as
temnospondyl amphibians,
diapsid reptiles, and
dicynodont therapsids were
common in...
