Amphibamidae
| Amphibamidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Middle Triassic, 307.1–247.2 Ma Possible descendant taxon Lissamphibia survives to present. |
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| Amphibamus grandiceps | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Temnospondyli |
| Superfamily: | †Dissorophoidea |
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†Amphibamidae Moodie, 1916 |
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The Amphibamidae are an extinct family of dissorophoid euskelian temnospondyls. The earliest amphibamids, such as Amphibamus, are known from Late Carboniferous strata in the United States and the Czech Republic, while the last known amphibamid, Micropholis, is known from the Early Triassic Karoo Basin of South Africa. According to some phylogenetic studies, modern amphibians, including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians, may have descended from a common ancestor that was an amphibamid.
Cladogram from Schoch and Rubidge (2005):
Cladogram from Huttenlocker et al. (2007):
"Tersomius" mosesi
"Tersomius" sp.
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