- amphibians") is a
group of
tetrapods that
includes all
modern amphibians.
Lissamphibians consist of
three living groups: the
Salientia (frogs, toads, and their...
- more
recent common ancestor with
amniotes than with
living amphibians (
lissamphibians). It was
defined by
Michel Laurin (2001) and
Vallin and
Laurin (2004)...
- of
Funcusvermis provides a
strong link
between caecilians and
other lissamphibians (frogs and salamanders), as well as
extinct dissorophoid temnospondyls...
- or
lissamphibians.
There are
currently three major hypotheses on the
origins of
lissamphibians. In the
temnospondyl hypothesis (TH),
lissamphibians are...
- "lepospondyl hypothesis" of
modern amphibian origins proposes that
lissamphibians are
monophyletic (that is, they form
their own clade) and that they...
- to
emerge from fishapods). However,
there is no
evidence of
lissamphibians or
lissamphibian-like
animals in the
fossil record at this time. The tetrapod...
- armour-like bony
plates that
distinguish them from the
modern soft-bodied
lissamphibians (frogs and toads, newts,
salamanders and caecilians). Temnospondyls...
- idea that frogs, salamanders, and
caecilians (collectively
known as
lissamphibians) are each others'
closest relatives.
Frogs and
salamanders show many...
-
prehistoric amphibians,
during the
Permian period. A
fourth group of
lissamphibians, the Albanerpetontidae,
became extinct around 2
million years ago. The...
-
Dipnomorpha (lungfish)
Tetrapoda or
limbed vertebrates Amphibians (
lissamphibians, as well as the
extinct temnospondyls and lepospondyls)
Amniotes or...