Amphibamus

Amphibamus is a genus of amphibamid temnospondyl amphibians from the Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian) of North America.[1][2][3] This animal is considered to have been close to the ancestry of modern amphibians. Its length was about 20 cm.[4]

Amphibamus
Temporal range: late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian)
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Amphibamus grandiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Temnospondyli
Family: †Amphibamidae
Genus: †Amphibamus
Cope, 1865
Species:
†A. grandiceps
Binomial name
†Amphibamus grandiceps
Cope, 1865
  • Amphibamus grandiceps skeleton

References
  1. Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods by Jennifer A. Clack
  2. Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
  3. The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, Second Edition by Stephen Jay Gould
  4. Temnospondyli


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