Amphibamus

Amphibamus
Temporal range: late Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian)
Amphibamus grandiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Temnospondyli
(unranked): Euskelia
Superfamily: Dissorophoidea
Family: Amphibamidae
Genus: Amphibamus
Cope, 1865
Species

Amphibamus is a genus of amphibamid temnospondyl amphibian from the Carboniferous (middle Pennsylvanian) of Europe and North America.[2][3][4] This animal is considered to have been close to the ancestry of modern amphibians. Its length was about 20 cm.[5]

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References

  1. Cope, E. D., 1865, On Amphibamus grandiceps, a new Batrachian from the Coal Measures: Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 1865, p. 134-137.
  2. Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods by Jennifer A. Clack
  3. Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
  4. The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, Second Edition by Stephen Jay Gould
  5. Temnospondyli