Amphibamus
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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 Script error: No such module "convert"..[4]
The generic name Amphibamus alludes to the two modes of locomotion of the animal, swimming with its oar-shaped tail, and crawling because of its long fingers with claws,[5] from Greek ἀμφί (amphí) "both" and -βάμων (-bámōn) "that goes" or βᾶμα (bâma) "leg".
Gallery
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Amphibamus grandiceps skeleton
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Amphibamus grandiceps fossil
References
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- ↑ Gaining Ground: The Origin and Early Evolution of Tetrapods by Jennifer A. Clack
- ↑ Vertebrate Palaeontology by Michael J. Benton
- ↑ The Book of Life: An Illustrated History of the Evolution of Life on Earth, Second Edition by Stephen Jay Gould
- ↑ Temnospondyli
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