This included a small proto-amphibian skull ... Mann and So teamed up to determine what kind of prehistoric creature the fossil belonged to. The skull possessed a mishmash of traits that were ...

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Kermitops is notable for more than just its namesake puppet persona. The early fossil record of amphibians and their ancestors is largely fragmentary, which makes it difficult to understand how ...

Prehistoric time line ... The productive Paleozoic era gave rise to hard-shelled organisms, vertebrates, amphibians, and reptiles. Dinosaurs ruled the Earth in the mighty Mesozoic.

Here are just a few groups of ancient animals that live on: And, here are the animals that get my vote for “most prehistoric-looking ... it one of the oldest amphibian groups still in ...